fag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fag /fæɡ/ noun [countable] 1. British English informalDFF a cigarette 香烟2. American English taboo informalHOMOSEXUAL a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word. 男同性恋者3. be a fag British English informalBORING to be a boring or difficult thing to do 烦人的活，苦差事4. SESa young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student 小跟班〔英国一些公学里受高年级学生使唤的低年级学生〕
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fag• Here and there you see a black-bereted soldier chewing a fag on a street corner.• Do you mind if I have a fag?• It's going to take more than one fag to get rid of these mosquitoes.• I'd get you some fags at the same time.• Instead, I just lit up a straight fag and shared it with her, Bogart style.• I have a look round for the fag packet, but it's gone.• I take another drag on the fag.Origin fag 1. (1800-1900) fag end2. (1900-2000) faggot3. (1500-1600) Perhaps from → FLAG2fag nounChinese
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fag
fag /fæɡ/
noun [countable]
Origin: fag end
Origin: faggot1. British English informal a cigarette
2. American English taboo informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.
3. be a fag British English informal to be a boring or difficult thing to do
4. a young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student
fag /fæɡ/
noun [countable] Sense 1
Date: 1800-1900Origin: fag end
Sense 2
Date: 1900-2000Origin: faggot
2. American English taboo informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.
3. be a fag British English informal to be a boring or difficult thing to do
4. a young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student