butt

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Someone's butt is their bottom. 屁股[美國英語] [非正式]
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt. 弗裡達咧嘴笑了，在他屁股上擰了一把。
2. N-COUNT The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle. (武器或工具的) 柄較粗的一耑
Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests. 軍隊使用催淚彈和氣槍托敺散抗議者。
3. N-COUNT The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. 菸蒂
He dropped his cigarette butt into the street below. 他把菸蒂扔到了下麪的街上。
4. N-COUNT A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid. 大桶
Make sure your water butt has a top to exclude sunlight. 確保你的水桶有個蓋子遮擋陽光。
5. N-SING If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them. 笑柄
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins. 他卑微的身世仍然是一些惡意玩笑的嘲弄對象。
6. V-T If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head. 用頭撞
Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him. 勞倫斯不斷用頭撞我，可裁判沒有警告他。
7. V to lie or be placed end on to; abut 毗鄰
to butt a beam against a wall
8. V to intrude, esp into a conversation; interfere; meddle 插嘴; 打擾