carl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /kɑɹl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
    — In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.
  2. A stingy person; a niggard. Scotland,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly. intransitive,obsolete
    — […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

词形变化

carls plural carls present,singular,third-person carling participle,present carled participle,past carled past carle alternative

词汇关系

相关词
housecarl wife-carl

词源

词源 1
From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.
词源 2
Uncertain.
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