- [countable] (British English, informal)
a cigarette 香烟 - (also faggot)[countable] (North American English, taboo, slang)
an offensive word for a gay man （蔑称）男同性恋者 - [singular] (British English, informal)
something that is boring to do and makes you tired 苦工；苦差事 - [countable] (British English)
(especially in the past) a boy at a public school who has to do jobs for an older boy （尤指旧时）公学中受高年级男生使唤的低年级男生
Word Originsenses 3 to 4 mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag in the verb sense ‘to become tired’.sense 2 1920s: short for faggot ‘homosexual’.sense 1 late 19th cent.: elliptically from fag end.