"secret, hidden" (obsolete), from Old English derne "concealed, secret, dark," from West Germanic *darnjaz (cognates: Old Saxon derni, Old Frisian dern "concealed, dark," Old High German tarni "secret, concealed, veiled").
As a verb, "to conceal," from Old English diernan "to hide." Compare Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide;" German Tarnkappe, Tarnhelm "magical cap or helmet which turns the wearer invisible or allows him to assume any form." Related to dark (adj.). French ternir "to tarnish, to dull" apparently is a Germanic loan-word.
雙語例句
1. Why , they're a dern sight worse'n dead people.
唉, 那里比死人還可怕.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
2. I wouldn't give a dern for spunk - water. "
我看仙水一文錢不值? ”
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
3. " Dern'd if I would,'said Huck.
“ 我才不干呢, ” 哈克說.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
4. There are precise words and obscure words in mo dern Chinese.