单词 | game over |
释义 | > as lemmasgame over c. game over: (a) used at the end of an arcade, video, computer, etc., game to signal that the session or period of play is over (frequently attributive); also figurative; (b) (originally Canadian Sport) used to indicate that a match, game, etc., is finished, or as good as finished, esp. that it has been definitively won or irretrievably lost by some piece of play; (c) slang used to indicate that a situation is regarded as irreversible or hopeless.Cf. game on at Phrases 17d. ΚΠ 1948 Billboard 27 Nov. 157/4 New board's scoreboard..lights up at all times. When game is completed, scoreboard reads ‘game over’. 1949 Billboard 22 Oct. 70/4 Other features of the new scorer are..an electric coin counter, a game-over light and a play credit light. 1955 Winnipeg Free Press 18 Apr. 19/3 Georgette Decru and Jackie Masson..then made good on foul shots and it was game over. 1959 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 2 July 10/5 But at this point Bentley MacEwen lost his magic... When his control deserted him, it was game over. 1971 Pas (Manitoba) Herald 12 May 23/4 Hustle yourself off down to their second meeting May 17. If you don't then it's game over. 1977 Washington Post 13 Oct. (District Weekly section) dc2/5 As soon as the [video-game] machine read ‘Game Over’, Baseball Bill was at the bar. 1990 Times 3 Dec. 26/6 (headline) Canny investors watch for the ‘game over’ sign. 2009 S. Ellis & P. Junor Man who lives with Wolves xi. 90 If you inadvertently surprised a bear.., it could be game over very quickly. < as lemmas |
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