单词 | one-eighty |
释义 | > as lemmasone-eighty one-eighty n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) a turn of 180 degrees; (hence) a volte-face, a complete reversal in attitude or opinion. ΚΠ 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ v. 83 ‘One eightys’ were..probably the cause of more crashes than any other maneuver. 1971 R. Sale Man who raised Hell i. i. 16 I stayed for a minute, wondering if the Last Gasp had brought some trouble and was doing a one-eighty before the point of no return. 1995 New Yorker 8 May 8/1 The right quickly found itself obliged to pull a one-eighty, leaving skid marks and the smell of burning rubber all over the information superhighway. < as lemmas |
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