lout

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
    — But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. “He’s there, I tell you,” he persisted. “And for threepence I’ll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It’s many a Westminster election I’ve seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,[…]when maybe it’s your honour’s going to stand! Anyway, it’s, Down with the mongers!”
  2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
    — The faire Pamela, whose noble hart I finde doth greatly disdaine, that the trust of her vertue is reposed in such a louts hands, as Dametas, had yet to shew an obedience, taken on a shepeardish apparell[…]
    The New Arcadia
动词 v.
  1. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. obsolete,transitive
    — Renowned Talbot doth expect my ayde, / And I am lowted by a Traitor Villaine, / And cannot helpe the noble Cheualier:[…]
  2. To bend, bow, stoop. archaic,intransitive
    — He faire the knight ſaluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was[…].

词形变化

louts plural louts present,singular,third-person louting participle,present louted participle,past louted past louts present,singular,third-person louting participle,present louted participle,past louted past

词汇关系

衍生词
belout lager lout litter lout loutish loutsome louty Lycra lout Saga lout

词源

词源 1
Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”).
Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”).
Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
词源 2
From Middle English louten, from Old English lūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude (“to bend”), Norwegian lute (“stoop”), Swedish luta.
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