butt
n
1 large cask or barrel for storing wine or beer 大酒桶.
2 large barrel for collecting rainwater, eg from a roof (接雨水用的)大水桶(如接房顶滴下的雨水的).
butt n
1 thicker end of a tool or weapon (工具或武器)较粗的一端
a rifle butt 步枪的枪托. =>illus at gun 见gun之插图.
2 short piece at the end of a cigar or cigarette that is left when it has been smoked; stub 烟头; 烟蒂
an ashtray full of butts 盛满烟头的烟灰碟.
3 (infml 口 esp US) buttocks; bottom 屁股; 臀部
Get off your butts and do some work! 别老坐著, 干点正经事! butt n
1
(a) [C] mound of earth behind the targets on a shooting-range 靶垛.
(b) the butts [pl]
shooting-range 靶场.
2 [C] person or thing that is often mocked or teased 笑柄(常被嘲笑或戏弄的人或事物)
be the butt of everyone´s jokes 成为众人取笑的对象.
butt v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
hit or push (sb/sth) with the head (like a goat) 以头撞或顶(某人[某物])(如山羊般)
butt sb in the stomach 撞某人的腹部.
2 [Tn.pr] hit (one´s head) on sth (自己的头部)撞到某物上
He butted his head against the shelf as he was getting up. 他起来时一头撞在搁架上了.
3 (phr v) butt in (on sb/sth) (infml 口) interrupt (sb/sth) or interfere (in sth) 干扰(某人[某事物]); 干涉(某事物)
Don´t butt in like that when I´m speaking. 我讲话时别这样打断我的话.
May I butt in on your conversation? 我可以插句话吗?