shotten

英 ['ʃɒtən] 美 ['ʃɑtn]
  • adj. 没价值的;食用价值低的

英文词源


shotten (adj.)
"having shot its spawn," and accordingly of inferior value, mid-15c., past participle adjective from shoot (v.). Originally of fish; applied to persons, with sense of "exhausted by sickness," from 1590s.

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