darn

darn1
verb
  1. [with obj.]mend (knitted material or a hole in this) by interweaving yarn across the hole with a needle
    织补
    I don't expect you to darn my socks.
    我不指望你给我补袜子。
    ■embroider (material) with a large running stitch
    织补；补缀
noun
  1. a place in a garment that has been mended in such a way
    补缀，织补处
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: perhaps from dialect dern 'to hide', which is from Old English diernan, of West Germanic origin; compare with Middle Dutch dernen 'stop holes in (a dyke')
darn2
(美 亦作 durn)
verb, adjective& exclamation
  1. (informal). euphemism for damn
    (非正式，婉)。 同 damn:
    [as verb]darn it all, Poppa.
    真见鬼，爸爸。
    [as adj.]he was a darn sight younger than Jill.
    他真是比吉尔年轻多了。
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