mid-15c., gadden, "go quickly, hurry," of uncertain origin, perhaps from gad (n.) "sharp stick for driving oxen" on the notion of moving as animals do when being driven by a gad. There also was a Middle English gadeling (Old English g?deling) "kinsman, companion in arms; fellow, man," but which had a deteriorated sense of "person of low birth, rogue, vagabond" by c. 1300 (it also had a meaning "wandering," but this is attested only from 16c.). Related: Gadding.
gad (n.)
c. 1300, "a goad, sharp pointed stick to drive oxen, etc.;" c. 1400, "sharp-pointed metal spike," from Old Norse gaddr "spike, nail," from Proto-Germanic *gadaz "pointed stick" (see yard (n.2)). Attested earlier as "metal bar or rod, ingot" (mid-13c.) hence also in Middle English a unit of length in land-measure, varying from 10 to 16 feet. Not related to goad (n.), but perhaps influenced by it in sense.
雙語例句
1. Don't think you'll keep me here while you gad about.
甭指望你去四處閑蕩的時候我會呆在這兒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. GABA yield was significantly positively correlated with shoot length and GAD activity in germinated brown rice.
發芽糙米的GABA生成量與芽長和GAD的活性呈極顯著的正相關.
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3. ResultsAfter seizures, the number of GABA receptors and the expression of GAD model group than group.
結果致癇大鼠發作后, 腦組織GABA受體數量較對照組數量增加,GAD表達增強,凋亡細胞出現.
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4. While they gad about the world, their children are neglected at home.