butt
noun /bʌt/
/bʌt/
Idioms - the thick end of a weapon or tool（武器或工具的）粗大的一端
- the part of a cigarette or cigar that is left after it has been smoked烟蒂；烟头
- an ashtray full of cigarette butts装满烟头的烟灰缸
- (British English) a large round container for storing or collecting liquids（盛液体的）大桶
- (especially North American English, informal) the part of the body that you sit on（人的）屁股蛋子 synonym buttocks
- Get off your butt and do some work!起来干点活儿吧！
- Get your butt over here! (= Come here!)过来！
- the act of hitting somebody with your head（头的）顶撞
- a butt from his head被他的头撞的一下
see also headbutt Word Originnoun sense 5 Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin. to be the butt of something. Middle English (originally referring to an archery target or range): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground’. noun senses 1 to 2 and noun sense 4 late Middle English: apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock. noun sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis.
Idioms - to be the person or thing that other people often joke about or criticize受到嘲讽（或批评）；是笑柄（或话柄等） synonym target
- She was the butt of some very unkind jokes.她受到了刻薄的嘲弄。
bust your butt/chops/hump (doing something/to do something) (North American English, informal) (also bust a gut British and North American English, informal, bust your ass North American English, offensive, slang)
- to make a great effort to do something努力（做某事）
- These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.这些家伙在球场上竭尽全力，试图在体育运动中表现出色。
- I busted my chops to get into law school.我竭尽全力进入法学院。
- It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.这是一个没有人会费尽心思去解决的问题。
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a pain in the butt/ass (North American English also) (British English also a pain in the arse/backside)
(also a pain in the neck)
- (informal) a person or thing that is very annoying极讨厌的人（或事物）
- That man's a pain in the butt!这男人真是让人心疼啊！