daft

英语

词源

源自中古英语 dafte、defte (“温柔的；礼貌的；谦逊的；尴尬的；无聊的；粗野的”)，源自古英语 dæfte (“乐于助人的；温柔的”)，源自原始西日耳曼语 *daftī (“合适的”)，最终源自原始印欧语 *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“适”)。与古英语 dafnian、dafenian (“合适的”)、俄语 до́брый (dóbryj, “好的”)有关。

对比silly，其原指“很好的；无辜的；可怜的；弱小的”，但现在指“愚蠢的”。

与daff (“笨蛋；愚蠢的”)（过去式daffed）无关，但可能受到了其影响。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /dɑːft/
• (北英格兰，通用美式) 英语发音：dăft、国际音标^(帮助): /dæft/

• （澳洲）音频：

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• （英国南部）音频：

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• 韵部：-ɑːft, -æft

形容词

daft (比较级 dafter，最高级 daftest)

1. (主要用于英国，爱尔兰，澳大利亚，新西兰，非正式) 愚蠢的，笨的

   近义词：参见Thesaurus:foolish

   a daft idea

   愚蠢的想法

   • 1602, David Lyndesay [i.e., David Lyndsay], Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (语言：低地苏格兰语), Edinburgh: Printed be Robert Charteris, →OCLC; 再版为 Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (Early English Text Society, Original Series; no. 37), [London]: [Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co.], [1869], →OCLC，第 451 页，第 2008–2010 行s:

     Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / Trows thou, man, be the law to get remeid / Of men of kirk? Na, nocht till thou be deid.

     You are the daftest fool that ever I saw. / Trust you, man, by the law to get a remedy / 源自men of the church? No, not till you are dead.

   • Template:RQ:Scott Tales of My Landlord 3
   • 1985, George MacDonald Fraser, 章号 1, 出自 Flashman and the Dragon: 源自the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill, →ISBN; 再版 New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987, →ISBN:

     In case you haven't heard of them [the Taipings], I must tell you that they were another of those incredible phenomena that made China the topsy-turvey mess it was, like some fantastic land from Gulliver, where everything was upside down and out of kilter. Talk about moonbeams from cucumbers; the Taipings were even dafter than that.

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   • 1990, Iain Pears, The Raphael Affair, London: Gollancz, →ISBN; 再版 New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, →ISBN，第 22 页:

     You haven't exactly been playing the master tactician through all this, but that seems the daftest course you could possibly have taken.

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2. (主要用于英国，爱尔兰，澳大利亚，新西兰，非正式) 疯狂的，疯癫的

   近义词：参见Thesaurus:insane

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   • 1843 April, “The Vale of Glencoe: A Tale of Scotland”, 出自 The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, 第 XXI 卷, 第 4 期, New York, N.Y.: Published by John Allen, […], →OCLC，第 339 页:

     The boy gathered himself up, shook his shaggy head, and, said, in a piteous tone: 'Davie's daft!' 'Davie's daft!' He then kicked the poor idiot till his cries attracted the attention of the guests, some of whom immediately came to the spot: […]

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   • 1876, S[arah] R. Whitehead, “On the Wrong Coach”, 出自 Daft Davie and Other Sketches of Scottish Life and Character, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC，第 220 页:

     ‘It’s a lee [lie],’ says the man; ‘she’s either drunk or daft.’ / ‘Me drunk, you ill-tongued vagabond!’ says my Auntie Kirsty, who couldna bear such a reproach on her good name, ‘I’m a’ but blackfasting this day from either meat or drink; you had better no meddle wi’ my character.’

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3. (弃用) 温柔的，温和的
   • 1825, “Who’s at My Window”, 出自 Allan Cunningham 编纂, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, 第 III 卷, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC，第 334 页:

     There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.

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衍生词汇

• bedaft
• daft as a brush
• daften
• (英国北部，苏格兰) daftie, dafty
• daftish
• daft laddie
• daftlike
• daftly
• daftness
• daftsome

 

相关词汇

• deft

延伸阅读

• daft (disambiguation)在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en

异序词

• DFAT

中古英语

形容词

daft

1. defte的另一种写法