Fag-end
[化] 废渣
📖 牛津释义
fag-end
n (Brit infml 口)
1 end of a cigarette after it has been smoked 香烟头; 烟蒂.
2 (fig 比喻) inferior or useless remnant; worthless part of anything 低劣或无用的剩余物; 无价值的部分
He only heard the fag-end of their conversation. 他只听到他们交谈中无足轻重的部分.
🧩 词语组成解析
fag
[fæg]
n. 苦工;疲劳;香烟;
vt.& vi. （使）劳累;做苦工;
end
[end]
n. <正>结果;端;终止;最后部分;
vt.& vi. 结束，终止;
🗣️ 情景例句
I understand
听说，
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
坐享其成。
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
他认为不管路面情况如何，车必须以最高速度前进。