daft

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源自中古英语 dafte、defte (“温柔的；礼貌的；谦逊的；尴尬的；无聊的；粗野的”)，源自古英语 dæfte (“乐于助人的；温柔的”)[1]，源自原始西日耳曼语 *daftī (“合适的”)，最终源自原始印欧语 *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“适”)。与古英语 dafnian、dafenian (“合适的”)、俄语 до́брый (dóbryj, “好的”)有关。

对比silly，其原指“很好的；无辜的；可怜的；弱小的”，但现在指“愚蠢的”。[2]

与daff (“笨蛋；愚蠢的”)（过去式daffed）无关，但可能受到了其影响。

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daft (比较级 dafter, 最高级 daftest)

  1. (主要用于英国，爱尔兰，澳大利亚，新西兰，非正式) 愚蠢的，笨的
    近义词： 参见Thesaurus:foolish
    a daft idea
    愚蠢的想法
    • 1602, David Lyndesay [i.e., David Lyndsay], Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (in 低地苏格兰语), Edinburgh: Printed be Robert Charteris, →OCLC; 再版为 Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (Early English Text Society, Original Series; no. 37), [London]: [Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co.], [1869], →OCLC，页号 451，行号s 2008–2010:
      Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / Trows thou, man, be the law to get remeid / Of men of kirk? Na, nocht till thou be deid.
      You are the daftest fool that ever I saw. / Trust you, man, by the law to get a remedy / 源自men of the church? No, not till you are dead.
    • Template:RQ:Scott Tales of My Landlord 3
    • 1985, George MacDonald Fraser, 章号 1, 出自 Flashman and the Dragon: 源自the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill, →ISBN; 再版 New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987, →ISBN:
      In case you haven't heard of them [the Taipings], I must tell you that they were another of those incredible phenomena that made China the topsy-turvey mess it was, like some fantastic land from Gulliver, where everything was upside down and out of kilter. Talk about moonbeams from cucumbers; the Taipings were even dafter than that.
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    • 1990, Iain Pears, The Raphael Affair, London: Gollancz, →ISBN; 再版 New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, →ISBN，页号 22:
      You haven't exactly been playing the master tactician through all this, but that seems the daftest course you could possibly have taken.
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  2. (主要用于英国，爱尔兰，澳大利亚，新西兰，非正式) 疯狂的，疯癫的
    近义词： 参见Thesaurus:insane
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    • 1843 April, “The Vale of Glencoe: A Tale of Scotland”, 出自 The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, 卷 XXI, 期 4, New York, N.Y.: Published by John Allen, […], →OCLC，页号 339:
      The boy gathered himself up, shook his shaggy head, and, said, in a piteous tone: 'Davie's daft!' 'Davie's daft!' He then kicked the poor idiot till his cries attracted the attention of the guests, some of whom immediately came to the spot: […]
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    • 1876, S[arah] R. Whitehead, “On the Wrong Coach”, 出自 Daft Davie and Other Sketches of Scottish Life and Character, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC，页号 220:
      ‘It’s a lee [lie],’ says the man; ‘she’s either drunk or daft.’ / ‘Me drunk, you ill-tongued vagabond!’ says my Auntie Kirsty, who couldna bear such a reproach on her good name, ‘I’m a’ but blackfasting this day from either meat or drink; you had better no meddle wi’ my character.’
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  3. (弃用) 温柔的，温和的
    • 1825, “Who’s at My Window”, 出自 Allan Cunningham 编纂, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, 卷 III, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC，页号 334:
      There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.
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  1. ↑ “dafte, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ↑ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Daft, a.”, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), 卷III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, 页6, 卷2.

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daft

  1. defte的另一种写法
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