piss

Word family

piss1 /pɪs/ verb [intransitiveI] spoken not polite

1. HBHto urinate 撒尿

2. piss in the wind spoken not polite to waste time or effort trying to do something that is impossible 费时间[精力]做不可能的事

3. it is pissing down (with rain) spoken not polite British EnglishBrEDN used to say that it is raining very heavily 下大雨

4 piss yourself (laughing) spoken not polite British EnglishBrE to laugh a lot, especially when you cannot stop laughing 笑破肚皮

They were all copying my accent and pissing themselves laughing.

他们都在模仿我的口音，肚皮都笑破了。

Examples from the Corpus

piss yourself (laughing)• He felt very cold, and he had pissed himself.• We both pissed ourselves laughing afterwards, wondering what all the fuss was about.• No older girl has ever pissed herself on account of Laverne before.

5. piss all over somebody spoken not polite LAUGH British EnglishBrE to thoroughly defeat a person or a team 把某人打得屁滚尿流

Examples from the Corpus

piss all over somebody• Basically we pissed all over them, and out-classed them in every department.

6. not have a pot to piss in spoken not polite POORto be extremely poor 穷得连个尿壶都没有

7. go piss up a rope! spoken not polite American EnglishAmE used to tell someone to go away 滚开！滚蛋！

8 piss about/around phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE spoken not polite

a) BEHAVEto waste time doing stupid things with no purpose or plan 胡闹，浪费时间，游手好闲 SYN mess about/around

Stop pissing about and get some work done!

别再瞎混了，干点正事吧！

b) TREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDS piss somebody about/around to treat someone badly by not doing what you have promised to do, or by not being honest with them 欺骗[愚弄]某人 SYN mess somebody about/around

I wish he’d say yes or no – he’s been pissing me around for weeks.

我希望他能给个明确的答复——他折腾我好几个星期了。

Examples from the Corpus

piss about/around• Even if it s one of the juniors pissing around on their computer and modem.

9 piss something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v spoken not polite SPEND MONEYto waste something in a very stupid way 糟蹋

I was earning quite a lot but I pissed it all away.

我挣到很多钱，但都挥霍掉了。

10 piss off phrasal verbphr v spoken not polite

a) piss somebody ↔ off to annoy someone very much 激怒某人，使某人生气

The way she treats me really pisses me off.

她那样对待我让我非常生气。

b) LEAVE A PLACE British EnglishBrE to go away – used especially to tell someone to go away 滚开，滚蛋

Now piss off and leave me alone!

滚开，别来烦我！

He pissed off before we got there.

我们还没到那儿，他就已经滚蛋了。

c) REFUSE British EnglishBrE used to say no or to refuse to do something 不行

Examples from the Corpus

piss• The tears were still pissing from my eyes when I fled to the can.• Oh, she was pissed man.• I can fully understand him being pissed off.• It's no wonder Hite is pissed off.• Crazy is living in a fog and pissing your pants.

piss2 noun spoken not polite

1 [singular]HBH an act of urinating 撒尿

go for/have/take a piss

I need to have a piss.

我得去撒尿。

2. [uncountableU]HB urine 尿

3 take the piss (out of somebody/something) spoken not polite British EnglishBrEMAKE FUN OF to annoy someone by laughing at them or making them seem stupid 〔嘲笑或愚弄某人而〕令（某人）生气 → piss-take

The kids always take the piss out of some teachers.

孩子们总是拿某些老师寻开心。