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单词 dashed
释义

dashed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæʃt/
  • Rhymes: -æʃt

Verb

dashed

  1. past participle of dash

Adjective

dashed (comparative more dashed, superlative most dashed)

  1. (of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  2. (Britain, dated, informal, euphemistic) Damned.
    It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels we were hoping to get him into Oxford.
    • 1824, "Kiddywinkle History, No. II", Blackwood's Magazine (15, May 1824) p. 540
      I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.
    • 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime Chapter 8
      I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

Usage notes

  • Dashed in the sense of "damned" is associated with the old-fashioned upper class.

Synonyms

  • (line): broken
  • (damned): darned (especially US)

See also

  • dotted

Anagrams

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