sod
noun
uk/sɒd/us/sɑːd/sodnoun(PERSON)
[C]UKoffensive
something or someoneconsideredunpleasantordifficult:
讨厌的事物(或人);难办的事Apparently he's a sod toworkfor.据说为他工作很麻烦。
What did you do that for, youstupidsod?为什么要那样做,你这愚蠢的讨厌鬼?
It was a sodofacartorepair.这辆车很难修理。
[C]UKoffensive
aperson:
人,小子,家伙He'swonagain - theluckysod!他又赢了——这小子真走运!
Thepooroldsod - I don'tsupposehe's got ahome.这可怜的老头儿——我觉得他没有家。
People in general
- beggar
- bird
- bod
- body
- coot
- devil
- fellow man/men
- figure
- guy
- landlubber
- loiterer
- lubber
- mankind
- party
- peeps
- person
- rogue
- stiff
- vessel
- wretch
sodnoun(GRASS)
[SorC]
arectangularpiecethat has beencutfrom anareaofgrass:
(移植的)草皮,草地Heworkedfast,cuttingandslicingtheturfneatly,heavingthe sod to oneside.他干得很快,把草皮一块块整整齐齐地切割开来并拖到一边。
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[S]literary
soilorground:
土壤;土地Shesleepsbeneath the sod(= she isdeadand has beenburied).她长眠于地下了。
Common plants
- African violet
- agave
- aloe
- aloe vera
- anise
- cow parsley
- crabgrass
- deadly nightshade
- fenugreek
- fern
- pampas grass
- poinsettia
- pot plant
- prickly pear
- Queen Anne's lace
- tumbleweed
- turves
- Venus flytrap
- wheat
- wheatgrass
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Soil
Idiom
not care/give a sod
sod
exclamation
UKoffensiveuk/sɒd/us/sɑːd/(alsosod it!)used toexpressanger:
(表示恼火)该死Oh sod it - I'veleftmyglassesbehind!哦,该死——我忘记拿眼镜了!