asshole
asshole — noun
1. a rude, very offensive word for someone you think is being mean, foolish, or ann
a rude, very offensive word for someone you think is being mean, foolish, or annoying.
Rashida called the driver an asshole for cutting in front of the school bus.
call someone an asshole — direct insult use
Don't be such an asshole to your little sister, Tom; he's only seven.
'be (such) an asshole' — telling someone off
Some asshole keyed my car in the parking lot last night.
After Dimitri lied to his own mother, he felt like a complete asshole.
- sweetheart
kind and considerate person
- gentleman
polite and well-mannered man
用法筆記
Highly offensive in all English-speaking countries; avoid in workplace, school, or polite settings. Typical patterns: 'be an asshole', 'such an asshole', 'some asshole'. Stronger and ruder than jerk or idiot.
常見錯誤
2. a very rude word for the opening at the end of the digestive tube, through which
a very rude word for the opening at the end of the digestive tube, through which solid waste leaves the body.
The doctor asked her to use the proper word 'anus' rather than asshole on the medical form.
register contrast with the medical term 'anus'
Rohan felt a sharp pain in his asshole and worried it might be a hemorrhoid.
informal reference to the body part
The crude joke about a goat's asshole made everyone at the dinner table groan.
Stop drawing assholes on the bathroom wall, boys, or your father will hear about it.
用法筆記
Use the medical term 'anus' in any clinical, educational, or polite setting. This sense is common in crude humor and rough speech but never appropriate in formal writing.