zounds
- 英式英标[zaʊndz]
- 美式音标[zaʊndz]
英文词源
- zounds (interj.)
- c. 1600, oath of surprise or anger, altered from (by) God's wounds!, in reference to the wounds of Christ on the Cross. "One of the innumerable oaths having reference to Christ's passion" [Century Dictionary]. Compare gadzooks.
