(粗俗用语)粪便;也常作感叹词表示恼怒、惊讶、失望(如 “Shit!”)。在口语中还可泛指“东西/烂事/麻烦”(语气粗鲁,注意场合)。
/ʃɪt/
This place smells like shit.
这个地方闻起来像屎一样。
He realized too late that he had gotten himself into deep shit, and there was no easy way out.
他太晚才意识到自己惹上了大麻烦,而且没有容易脱身的办法。
源自古英语 scitte/scite,与“排泄物/排便”相关;同源词在多种日耳曼语言中都指粪便。后来在英语口语中语义扩展,用作咒骂、感叹或泛指“糟糕的事/麻烦”。