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- a male deer, especially a male red deer after its fifth year雄鹿; 成年牡鹿(尤指五岁以上的牡赤鹿)。
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- a turkeycock over one year old(一年以上的)雄火鸡。
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- usu. as modifier a social gathering attended by men only只限男子参加的社交聚会:
a stag event.
一个男子社交聚会。
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- chiefly N. Amer. a person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner〈主北美〉不带异性同伴参加聚会者。
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- Stock Exchange, Brit. a person who applies for shares in a new issue with a view to selling at once for a profit【股票】〈英〉认购新股后即转手出售以图谋利者; 打新股的人。
- chiefly N. Amer. without a partner at a social gathering〈主北美〉(社交聚会上)无异性陪伴地:
a lot of boys went stag.
很多男孩子不带女伴去参加聚会。
(stagged, stagging)with obj.
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- Stock Exchange, Brit. buy (shares in a new issue) and sell them at once for a profit【股票】〈英〉认购(新股)后即转手出售。
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- N. Amer. informal roughly cut (a garment, especially a pair of trousers) to make it shorter〈北美, 非正式〉截短(衣服, 尤指长裤):
as adj. stagged stagged jeans.截短了的牛仔裤。
ORIGIN: early 20th cent.: used originally of loggers' trousers.
词源
Middle English (as a noun): related to Old Norse steggr 'male bird', Icelandic steggi 'tomcat'.