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标  题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年07月19日04:36:47 星期五), 站内信件


  scarf

Definition: To eat quickly, with great hunger and little regard for etiquett
e.

Example: 1) When I woke up from my nap, I took a shower, grabbed a beer and 
scarfed a big sandwich.

2) On any given day, Americans will scarf down over 50 million hamburgers.

Etymology: As a slang word, 'scarf' comes from the 19th century slang word '
scorf', which meant the same thing. 'Scorf' derived from yet another slang t
erm 'scoff' which had the same meaning, going all the way back to the 1500s.

Synonyms: chow down

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            The shining sea            谁能够 划船不用浆                                    
            And                                                                     
            The blue sky               谁能够 扬帆没有风向                                 
            Share                                                                      
            The same  color                                                                 

※ 来源:·哈工大紫丁香 bbs.hit.edu.cn·[FROM: dsp.hit.edu.cn]
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