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sod

noun
🔊/sɒd/
🔊/sɑːd/
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  1. (British English, taboo, slang) used to refer to a person, especially a man, that you are annoyed with or think is unpleasant（指讨厌的人，尤指男人）讨厌鬼
    • You stupid sod!你这个讨厌的蠢货！🔊🔊
  2. (British English, taboo, slang) used with an adjective to refer to a person, especially a man（与形容词连用，指人，尤指男人）家伙
    • The poor old sod got the sack yesterday.那位可怜的老兄昨天给解雇了。🔊🔊
    • You lucky sod!你小子好福气呀！🔊🔊
    You can use words like man, boy, devil or thing instead.
  3. (British English, taboo, slang) a thing that is difficult or causes problems难办的事；惹麻烦的事
    • It was a real sod of a job.这活儿真是棘手。🔊🔊
  4. [usually singular] (formal or literary) a layer of earth with grass growing on it; a piece of this that has been removed长草的土层；（移植的）草皮
    • under the sod (= in your grave)入土
    5. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 early 19th cent.: abbreviation of sodomite. noun sense 4 late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sode, of unknown ultimate origin.

sod

verb
🔊/sɒd/
🔊/sɑːd/
only used in orders仅用于命令 (British English, taboo, slang)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sod
🔊/sɒd/
🔊/sɑːd/
he / she / it sods
🔊/sɒdz/
🔊/sɑːdz/
past simple sodded
🔊/ˈsɒdɪd/
🔊/ˈsɑːdɪd/
past participle sodded
🔊/ˈsɒdɪd/
🔊/ˈsɑːdɪd/
-ing form sodding
🔊/ˈsɒdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsɑːdɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. sod something a swear word that many people find offensive, used when somebody is annoyed about something or to show that they do not care about something（表示烦恼或不在乎）去他妈的
    • Sod this car! It's always breaking down.这辆车他妈的老出毛病。🔊🔊
    • Oh, sod it! I'm not doing any more.哼，去他妈的！我不干了。🔊🔊
    • We’re going on holiday and sod the expense.我们要去度假，花些钱。
    Word Originverb early 19th cent.: abbreviation of sodomite.
Idioms
blow that for a lark
(also taboo sod that for a lark)
  1. (British English, slang) used by somebody who does not want to do something because it involves too much effort（因太费力而不想干时说）
    • Sod that for a lark! I'm not doing any more tonight.拉倒吧！我今晚再也不做了。🔊🔊