| 词汇 | tarnation |
| 词源 | tarnation. The interjection tarnation!, a euphemism for damnation! or damn!, has been used in New England since co- lonial times and is familiar to millions of Americans from its use in books, movies, radio, and television. The best guess is that it derives from the English tarnal!, which itself derives from the mild interjection eternal! |
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