| 词汇 | shucks |
| 词源 | shucks. The expression shucks may derive from worthless “shucks” or husks of corn, but the interjection, used to express mild disgust or regret, first recorded in 1847, is thought by some to be simply a euphemism for “shit,” as its oldest quota- tion in A Dictionary of Americanisms would seem to indicate: “And Mr. Bagley was there to [shoot] any gentleman who might say ‘shucks.’ ” |
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