butch

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. countable,slang
    — Coming out appeals to the narcissistic pleasure of presenting to another a finished image of ourselves, which they return to us in exactly the same form: [someone tells] you [they are] a bisexual butch, and you confirm it. But instead, it seems all too likely – especially, perhaps, for bisexuals, whose claims to identity always need that much more proof – that no such mirror-image will be returned.
动词 v.
  1. To work as a butcher. intransitive,nonstandard
    — Sax thouſand years are near hand fled, / Sin’ I was to the butching bred, / And mony a ſcheme in vain’s been laid, / To ſtap or ſcar me; / Till ane Hornbook’s ta’en up the trade, / And faith, he’ll waur me.
  2. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market. nonstandard,transitive
    — Take thy huge offal and white liver hence, / Or in a twinkling of this true-blue steel / I shall be butching thee from nape to rump.
形容词 adj.
  1. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
    — There, look, Mr. Horne! Vada that great butch lucoddy!
  2. Of a woman (usually lesbian), having a masculine appearance, or attitude.
    — Then I started going out with different kinds of women, and I started feeling more like I wanted to be more butch. […] I feel much more butch than I feel femme.

词形变化

butcher comparative more butch comparative butchest superlative most butch superlative butches plural butches present,singular,third-person butching participle,present butched participle,past butched past

词汇关系

衍生词
butchery butchly butchness butchphobia butch up butchy unbutch

词源

词源 1
Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed.
词源 2
Back-formation from butcher.
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