daft

英語

詞源

源自中古英語 dafte、defte (「溫柔的；禮貌的；謙遜的；尷尬的；無聊的；粗野的」)，源自古英語 dæfte (「樂於助人的；溫柔的」)，源自原始西日耳曼語 *daftī (「合適的」)，最終源自原始印歐語 *dʰh₂ebʰ- (「適」)。與古英語 dafnian、dafenian (「合適的」)、俄語 до́брый (dóbryj, 「好的」)有關。

對比silly，其原指「很好的；無辜的；可憐的；弱小的」，但現在指「愚蠢的」。

與daff (「笨蛋；愚蠢的」)（過去式daffed）無關，但可能受到了其影響。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɑːft/
• (北英格蘭，通用美式) 英語發音：dăft、國際音標^(幫助): /dæft/

• （澳洲）音頻：

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• 韻部：-ɑːft, -æft

形容詞

daft (比較級 dafter，最高級 daftest)

1. (主要用於英國，愛爾蘭，澳大利亞，新西蘭，非正式) 愚蠢的，笨的

   近義詞：參見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 (語言：低地蘇格蘭語), Edinburgh: Printed be Robert Charteris, →OCLC; 再版為 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 頁，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, 章號 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 頁:

     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. (主要用於英國，愛爾蘭，澳大利亞，新西蘭，非正式) 瘋狂的，瘋癲的

   近義詞：參見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 頁:

     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 頁:

     ‘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. (棄用) 溫柔的，溫和的
   • 1825, 「Who’s at My Window」, 出自 Allan Cunningham 編纂, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, 第 III 卷, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC，第 334 頁:

     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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衍生詞彙

• bedaft
• daft as a brush
• daften
• (英國北部，蘇格蘭) daftie, dafty
• daftish
• daft laddie
• daftlike
• daftly
• daftness
• daftsome

 

相關詞彙

• deft

延伸閱讀

• daft (disambiguation)在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en

異序詞

• DFAT

中古英語

形容詞

daft

1. defte的另一種寫法