quat

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kwɒt/    美 /kwɑt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pustule. obsolete
  2. A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
    — “Because quats are positively charged, and skin proteins have a slightly negative charge, quats like to attach themselves to skin,” said Greg Nole, a manager at Unilever, the parent company of Vaseline and Dove.
  3. Alternative spelling of khat. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
  4. An annoying, worthless person. obsolete
    — I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry.
动词 v.
  1. To satiate. obsolete,transitive
    — 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28, Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !
  2. To relinquish, forsake, give up. Scotland,dialectal,transitive
    — Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
  3. To squat or crouch down. dialectal,intransitive
    — Tho' B-lt-n, quatted in the hall, Her jolly r-mpfs display'd, The size of it amaz'd them all, and Hector quite dismay'd.
形容词 adj.
  1. Free; no longer involved with; quit. Scotland,dialectal,not-comparable
    — My word, I gie him nae encouragement ! I canna bide the sicht o' him, and wad gie the best gown I hae to be quat o' him."
  2. Quaternary. not-comparable

词形变化

quats plural quats present,singular,third-person quatting participle,present quatted participle,past quatted past quats plural quats plural

词源

词源 1
Clipping of quaternary.
词源 2
See khat.
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