| 释义 |
ˈruptured, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Broken, burst.
1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 292 The heat may be so great, as to..form a scab or crust on these ruptured pustules. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 209 Fractured, torn, or ruptured surfaces. 1860Motley Netherl. v. I. 163 The patriots..now erected a sconce..upon the ruptured dyke of Borght. 1887D. Maguire Art Massage iii. (ed. 4) 44, I will treat of ruptured tumours while on therapeutics.
2. Affected with rupture or hernia.
1818Canning Sp. Indemnity Bill Speeches (1838) VI. 32 With all the pomp of eloquence..was introduced, the revered and ruptured Ogden.
3. ruptured duck U.S. Forces' slang, (a) a damaged aircraft; (b) the discharge button given to ex-service men, with reference to its eagle motif.
1930‘W. W. Windstaff’ in S. Longstreet Canvas Falcons (1970) xvii. 291, I began to look for a place to bring down my ruptured duck, oil spitting in my face. 1945Time 29 Oct. 11/1 The design of the present discharge button is not popular (G.I.s know it as the ‘ruptured duck’). 1953R. Chandler Long Goodbye xxxiii. 202 He was wearing a British Army Service badge. Their version of the ruptured duck. 1955A. Morgan Great Man 34 Just another guy in a sailor suit with a ruptured duck and a set of discharge papers. 1959W. Faulkner Mansion xii. 333 The ex-soldier or -sailor or -marine with his ruptured duck pushing the perambulator with one hand. |