darn

verb

/dɑːn/

/dɑːrn/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they darn	/dɑːn/ /dɑːrn/
he / she / it darns	/dɑːnz/ /dɑːrnz/
past simple darned	/dɑːnd/ /dɑːrnd/
past participle darned	/dɑːnd/ /dɑːrnd/
-ing form darning	/ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːrnɪŋ/

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Idioms

darn it!

(informal, especially North American English) used as a mild swear word to show that you are angry or annoyed about something, to avoid saying ‘damn’见鬼，真气人，真糟糕（婉辞，与 damn 同义）
- Darn it! I've lost my keys!真见鬼，我的钥匙丢了！

I’ll be darned!

(informal, especially North American English) used to show that you are surprised about something（表示吃惊）真没想到，真叫我吃惊
- Well, I’ll be darned! They knew about it all the time!好吧，我真该死！他们一直都知道这件事！

noun

/dɑːn/

/dɑːrn/

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a place on a piece of clothing that has been repaired by darning织补处
- a sweater with darns in the elbows肘部有织补的毛衣
Word Originnoun early 17th cent.: perhaps from dialect dern ‘to hide’, which is from Old English diernan, of West Germanic origin; compare with Middle Dutch dernen ‘stop holes in (a dyke)’.

adjective

/dɑːn/

/dɑːrn/

(also darned)

(informal)

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used as a mild swear word, to emphasize something（加强语气）该死的，讨厌的
- Why don't you switch the darn thing off and listen to me!把那讨厌的东西关掉，专心听我讲话好不好！

adverb

/dɑːn/

/dɑːrn/

(also darned)

(informal)

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used as a mild swear word, instead of saying ‘damn’, to mean ‘extremely’ or ‘very’极其，非常（婉辞，与 damn 同义）
- You had a darn good try.你这一试再好不过了。
- It's darn cold tonight.今天晚上冷得要命。