arse: [OE] Arse is a word of considerable antiquity, and its relatives are found practically from end to end of the geographical range of the Indo-European language family, from Old Irish err ‘tail’ in the west to Armenian or ‘rump’. Its Indo-European source was *órsos, which produced the Germanic form *arsaz: hence German arsch, Dutch aars, and, via Old English ærs, English arse.
The euphemistic American spelling ass appears to be as recent as the 1930s, although there is one isolated (British) record of it from 1860. The term wheatear, for a thrushlike European bird, is an alteration over time of a Middle English epithet ‘white arse’, after its white rump feathers.
arse (n.)
"buttocks," Old English ærs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ærs, German Arsch "buttock"), from PIE root *ors- "buttock, backside" (cognates: Greek orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Armenian or "buttock," Old Irish err "tail"). Middle English had arse-winning "money obtained by prostitution" (late 14c.).
双语例句
1. Nobody likes a smart arse.
没有人会喜欢一个自以为是的人。
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2. Have you ever seen such a bunch of self - righteous , arse - covering prigs?
为什么我总是遇到一些自以为是的 饭桶?
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3. I think I can wipe my own arse, Mr. Sugarman, thank you!
我想我能自己搞定,舒格曼先生, 谢谢你!
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4. I would kiss a man's arse if I needed him.
如果我需要一个人,让我舔他的屁股也答应.
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5. I do not need to be pregnant to kick your arse.