gaffe

• n. 失态；过失
• n. (Gaffe)人名；(法)加夫

原义为钩子，同gaff. 失礼义词源不详，可能是来自拟声词，鸭子叫声，拙劣的说话。

gaffe (n.)

"blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Provençal gafar "to seize," probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gaf-, which is perhaps from PIE *kap- "to grasp, catch" (see capable). Sense connection between the hook and the blunder is obscure; the gaff was used to land big fish. Or the Modern English word might derive from British slang verb gaff "to cheat, trick" (1893); or gaff "criticism" (1896), from Scottish dialect sense of "loud, rude talk" (see gaff (n.2)).

1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.

我不清楚我犯了什么错误.

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2. He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.

他没意识到自己已出乖露丑.

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3. Wuduo stuck out her tongue in dismay at her gaffe.

五多把舌伸伸,表示口不关风说错了话.

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4. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.

他在上周末的会议上出了洋相，狼狈不堪。

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5. He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.

他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救.

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