crappo

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɹæpəʊ/    美 /ˈkɹæpoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A toad (chiefly from the family Bufonidae). Caribbean,Guyana,Trinidad-and-Tobago
    — Medical attention is immediately needed if "Fido" encounters a specie of huge toad, up to eight to ten inches round, called a "crappo", and decides to take it into his mouth to play with. This toad exudes a substance from glands in its skin which will cause profuse salivation, and sometimes, if absorbed, will cause the animal to become very excited with high fever and twitching uncontrollable motions.
  2. The andiroba or crabwood tree (Carapa guianensis). Trinidad-and-Tobago
    — Carapa or Crappo […] Carapa Guianensis, Aubl.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of very low quality; crap, lousy. slang

词形变化

more crappo comparative most crappo superlative crappos plural crapaud alternative crapo alternative crapaud alternative

词源

词源 1
From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
词源 2
Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.
词源 3
Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English crappo, crapaud, a modification of either Lokono carapa, kálaba, karaba, or Kari'na karapa.
Cognates
* Dutch krapboom
* Sranan Tongo krapa
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