swine

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

swine BrE [swaɪn] NAmE [swaɪn] noun (pl. swinesor swine)
1. countable (informal)an unpleasant person
•He's an arrogant little swine!
2. countable (BrE, informal)a difficult or unpleasant thing or task
•The car can be a swine to start.
3. swineplural (old use or technical)pigs
•a herd of swine
•swine fever (= a disease of pigs)
see cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine at ↑pearl

Word Origin:
[swine] Old English swīn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwijn and German Schwein, also to ↑sow ².