irk

英 [ɜːk]美 [ɝk]
  • vt. 使烦恼；使厌倦
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助记提示

irk--------"饿 渴"（必然苦恼）----------使苦恼；使厌倦
1. work, urge => irk.
2. its underlying sense could be 'work until one is weary'.
3. work => organ, orgy, urge, irk.

中文词源

irk 激怒，愤怒

来自中古英语irken,厌倦的，厌恶的，可能来自PIE*werg,工作，词源同work,organ.词义激怒可能是受ire的影响。

英文词源

irk
irk: [13] Irk originally meant ‘grow tired’, and although it is not known for certain, its underlying sense could be ‘work until one is weary’: for a possible source may be Old Norse yrkja ‘work’. The present-day sense ‘annoy’ is first recorded in the 15th century.
irk (v.)
mid-15c., irken "be weary of, be disgusted with;" earlier intransitive, "to feel weary" (early 14c.). Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old Norse yrkja "work" (from PIE root *werg- "to work;" see organ), or Middle High German erken "to disgust." Modern sense of "annoy" is from late 15c. An adjective, irk "weary, tired" is attested from c. 1300 in northern and midlands writing.

双语例句

1. By midday the irk of his pack became too oppressive.
走到中午的时候,累赘的包袱压得他受不了.
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2. Annoy irritate bother irk vex provoke aggravate peeve rile.
Annoy使生气,使烦恼,打搅,干扰.
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3. Does baggy clothes irk your parents?
穿松垮垮的衣服会不会让你父母讨厌?
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