darning

1. V-T If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you repair a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them. 织补

Aunt Emilie darned old socks. 埃米莉阿姨把旧袜子补好了。

2. N a patch of darned work on a garment 缝补处

3. ADJ People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. 该死的; 可恶的 (表示厌恶)[非正式] [ADJ n]

There's not a darn thing he can do about it. 在这件事上你根本什么都做不了。

4. ADV Darn is also an adverb. 非常地[ADV adj/adv]

...the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please. …自由地做我们真正想做的事情的渴望。

5. PHRASE You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. 我太惊奇了[美国英语] [非正式]

"A talking pig!" he exclaimed. "Well, I'll be darned."

“一头会说话的猪！”他惊叫到，“啊，我太惊奇了”。