arse

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++arse1 /ɑːs $ ɑːrs/ noun [countable] British English spoken 1. HBHRUDE/IMPOLITE not polite the part of your body that you sit on 屁股 SYN American English ass2. STUPID/NOT SENSIBLE taboo a stupid and annoying person. Do not use this word. 笨蛋，傻瓜，忌词勿使用。3. my arse! BELIEVE not polite used to say that you do not believe something 胡扯！4. get off your arse not polite used to tell someone to stop being lazy and start doing something 别闲坐着5. shift/move your arse (also get your arse into gear)HURRY not polite used to tell someone to hurry up 快点6. not know your arse from your elbow spoken used to tell someone to hurry up to be stupid and confused about simple things 一无所知，屁都不懂一无所知，屁都不懂 → ass, → be a pain in the arse at pain1(3), → smart arse, → work your arse off at work1(30)arse2 verb British English spoken not polite 1.can’t/couldn’t be arsed (to do something) spoken not polite to not do something because you are feeling too lazy 懒得做（某事）2.arse about/around phrasal verb spoken not polite SPEND TIMEto waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing the things you should do 游手好闲，鬼混Origin arse1 Old English ærs, ears

arse1 nounarse2 verbChinese

arse

arse¹ /ɑːs $ ɑːrs/

noun [countable] British English spoken not polite

Language: Old English
Origin: ærs, ears

1. the part of your body that you sit on
SYN ass American English
2. a stupid and annoying person
3. my arse! used to say that you do not believe something
4. get off your arse used to tell someone to stop being lazy and start doing something
5. shift/move your arse (also get your arse into gear) used to tell someone to hurry up
6. not know your arse from your elbow to be stupid and confused about simple things
⇨ ass, ⇨ be a pain in the arse at pain¹(3), ⇨ smart arse, ⇨ work your arse off at work¹(30)

arse²

verb British English spoken not polite
can’t/couldn’t be arsed (to do something) to not do something because you are feeling too lazy

arse about/around phrasal verb spoken not polite
to waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing the things you should do

noun,

verb

arse

BrE

/ɑːs/

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NAmE

/ɑːrs/

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noun

(

BrE,

taboo,

slang

)

(

NAmE

ass

)

the part of the body that you sit on; your bottom 屁股；腚

◆Get off your arse!(= stop sitting around doing nothing) 别闲坐着！

🔊

(usually following an adjective 通常置于形容词后)

a stupid person 笨蛋；傻瓜

➡ see also

smart-arse

●My arse!

(

taboo,

slang

)

used by some people to show they do not believe what sb has said 我才不信这屁话

●work your ˈarse off

(

taboo,

slang

)

to work very hard 拼命干

●kiss sb's ˈarse

(

BrE

)

(

NAmE

kiss sb's ˈass

kiss ˈass

)

(

taboo,

slang

)

to be very nice to sb in order to persuade them to help you or to give you sth 谄媚巴结某人；拍某人马屁；奉承某人 HELP A more polite way to express this is lick sb's boots. 较礼貌的表达法是 lick sb's boots。

●not know your ˌarse from your ˈelbow

(

BrE,

taboo,

slang

)

to be very stupid or completely lacking in skill 愚蠢之至；屁都不懂

●lick sb's ˈboots

(

also taboo,

slang

lick sb's ˈarse