英语词汇irk的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	irk
词源	irk [ME] Work irks many people, and may be related to irk, which possibly derives from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work, take effect upon’. Its earliest sense in English was ‘to be annoyed or disgusted’.
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