dude

Word family

dude /djuːd $ duːd/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE

1 MAN informal a man 男人

a real cool dude

一個很酷的男人

2. COUNTRYSIDE old-fashioned an American man from a city, who is living in or visiting a farm or ranch 〔美國住在鄉村或去鄉村遊覽的〕城裏男人

Examples from the Corpus

dude• Dude, check out that car.• But dude if I was to do speed man, it complete alienates me at a hundred percent.• There were a few really dense dudes Big Steve had to beat three times.• He is a dandy-looking dude too, with slick black ponytail and, always, a full-length mink coat.• He was like this old dude.• Come on dude, play your card.• This is the point where the sensible dude gets out and walks the rest of the way.

Origin dude

(1800-1900) Perhaps from German dude “stupid person”

dude noun

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