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発音

• IPA: /kɹʌd/
• 韻: -ʌd

名詞

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30:

     Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.

2. (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
3. (countable) A contemptible person.
4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.

   Synonym: crap

7. (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
9. (Western Pennsylvania) Cottage cheese.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used instead of crap by certain speakers.

派生語

動詞

crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)

1. (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
   • 2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203:

     The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.

間投詞

crud

1. (minced oath) Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.

   Synonym: crap

   Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!

   Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!

アナグラム

• DURC, curd, Curd