goit

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡɔɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills. UK
    — We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns.
  2. A fool. derogatory,informal

词形变化

goits plural goits plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.
词源 2
Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.
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