n. 粗毛;粗烟丝;蓬乱一团
vt. 使杂乱;使蓬松
vi. 蓬松
adj. 有粗毛的;蓬乱的
shag 粗毛,粗烟丝
来自古英语 sceacga,毛发,粗毛,来自 Proto-Germanic*skaggija,胡子,胡渣,来自 PIE*skek, 摇摆,摇晃,词源同 shake.引申俚语词义粗烟丝等。
And þe boot, amydde þe water, was shaggid. [Wyclif]Compare shake it in U.S. blues slang from 1920s, ostensibly with reference to dancing. But compare shag (v.), used from 1610s in a sense "to roughen or make shaggy." Also the name of a dance popular in U.S. 1930s and '40s. Related: Shagged; shagging.