| 释义 |
puckeroo, a. N.Z. slang.|pʌkəˈruː|
Also in various other phonetic spellings and with initial b.
[ad. Maori pakaru broken; also vb., to break.]
Useless, broken. Also as v. trans. (esp. in pa. pple.), to ruin.
[1844J. W. Barnicoat Jrnl. (MS.) 160 Gideon [sc. a Maori] foreseeing the collision..shouted out Puikero! puikero! puikero! (broken). ]1885Short Sk. Life T. Hancock ii. 19 [Maoris said] ‘We will pukeru you!’ ‘Very well’, I said, ‘pukeru me’. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 220 Pakaru, broken; smashed. A Maori word, in use among the New Zealand Troops. 1941Baker N.Z. Slang v. 42 [By the 1890's] we had begun to pukaroo things, when we broke something, confused an issue, or ruined some plan of action. This is derived with extraordinary simplicity from the Maori pakaru, broken. 1943Amer. Speech XVIII. 93 Pukkaroo, adjective.., (to make) worthless, useless—it could be used..of an engine that had broken down—..is perhaps from the Maori pakaru, to destroy. 1948R. Finlayson Tidal Creek vii. 179 The surest way to buckeroo an axe. 1965S. T. Ollivier Petticoat Farm i. 14, I come to see if you've got a spare shovel. Mine's puckerooed and I got a cow in the drain. 1970N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 12/1 Bad show, fighting. I puckerooed things properly last night. |