sod

/sɒd/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɑd] /sɑːd/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɑd] /ˈsäd How to pronounce sod (audio)/ (ame, mw)

sod — noun

  • sodsingular
  • sodsplural

1. an unpleasant person, or a troublesome thing or situation that keeps causing fru

1.名詞B2
釋義

an unpleasant person, or a troublesome thing or situation that keeps causing frustration.

例句

That broken printer is a sod when the office is busy.

be a sod when + situation

The tax form was a sod to finish before midnight.

a sod to + verb

同義詞
  • pest

    usually milder and often used for someone who annoys people repeatedly

  • pain

    informal and common for an irritating person or task, especially in everyday speech

  • bugger

    British and also rude, but often sounds rougher or more aggressive

文法句型

be a sod

a sod to + verb

用法筆記

Common in British English and usually rude. It can name either an unpleasant person or something that keeps causing trouble, unlike sense 2, which mainly means 'person' after an adjective.

2. used after an adjective to mean 'person,' usually a man, often with sympathy, te

2.名詞B2
釋義

used after an adjective to mean 'person,' usually a man, often with sympathy, teasing, or mild criticism.

例句

Lucky sod, Ezra found front-row tickets for only ten dollars.

adjective + sod for a person

Poor sod, the courier got soaked in the storm again.

同義詞
  • guy

    neutral everyday word for a man, without the British emotional coloring

  • bloke

    British informal word for a man, but it does not require an adjective before it

  • fellow

    slightly old-fashioned or formal compared with the emotional tone of 'sod'

文法句型

lucky/poor/silly + sod

old sod

用法筆記

Usually follows an adjective such as lucky, poor, silly, or funny. It often sounds sympathetic or teasing rather than seriously abusive, unlike sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌A sod won the raffle.
✅A lucky sod won the raffle.
💡this sense normally appears after an adjective, not by itself.

3. a cut piece of grass-covered earth that can be carried and laid in another place

3.名詞B2
釋義

a cut piece of grass-covered earth that can be carried and laid in another place.

例句

The gardeners stacked fresh sod beside the path before sunrise.

collocation: fresh sod

Paul carried a strip of sod to the bare corner.

a strip of sod

同義詞
  • turf

    the closest equivalent, though turf also names the grass surface in place

  • lawn patch

    focuses on a small repaired area rather than the cut material itself

文法句型

a piece of sod

a strip of sod

lay sod

用法筆記

Mostly used for cut pieces that are being moved, sold, or laid. Distinguish from sense 4, which names the grassy surface or ground layer itself.

常見錯誤

❌We sat on a sod and watched the stars.
✅We sat on the sod and watched the stars.
💡when you mean the ground surface in general, use sense 4 rather than one cut piece.

4. ground whose upper layer is held together by grass and its roots.

4.名詞B2
釋義

ground whose upper layer is held together by grass and its roots.

例句

The children lay on the cool sod after the long hike.

on the sod = on grassy ground

Spring rain turned the sod soft around the apple trees.

同義詞
  • turf

    often interchangeable for the grassy surface, especially in British English

  • ground

    much broader, since it does not require grass roots on the surface

  • soil

    names the earth itself rather than the grass-bound top layer

文法句型

on the sod

soft sod

wet sod

用法筆記

This sense names the ground layer under your feet. When you mean one movable cut piece used in landscaping, use sense 3 instead.

sod — exclamation

sod — verb