/fæg; fæˇ/
n
1 [sing, U] (infml 口) tedious and tiring job 沉闷而又吃力的工作
*I've got to tidy my room. What a fag! 我得整理自己的房间. 真是累人的事.
* It's too much (of a) fag. 这工作真叫人吃不消.
2 [C] (Brit infml 口) cigarette 香烟.
3 [C] (Brit) (formerly) junior boy at a public school performing certain duties for a senior boy （旧时）公学中为高年级男生服务的低年级男生.
4 [C] (esp US) = faggot 3.

/fæg; fæˇ/
v (-gg-)
1 [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (away) (at sth/at doing sth) (infml 口) do very tiring work 做非常累的工作
*fagging (away) in the office, at her work 在办公室辛勤工作、辛苦地做她的工作.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (for sb) act as a fag(3) (for sb) 为（某高年级生）服务.
3 (phr v) fag sb/sth out (infml 口) make (a person or an animal) very tired 使（某人或某动物）极度疲劳
*Running soon fags me out. 我很快就跑累了.
* He was completely fagged out, ie exhausted. 他完全筋疲力尽了.

n[C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: fag end]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: faggot]
[Sense: 3,4; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from FLAG²]
BrE informal a cigarette
AmE taboo informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.
be a fag
BrE informal to be a boring or difficult thing to do
a young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student