单词 | to crap out |
释义 | > as lemmasto crap out intransitive. to crap out: to be unsuccessful, to lose out, to lose, originally in a game of craps (in early use also transitive (passive) in same sense); to fail. Later also: to withdraw from a game, activity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1891 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Weekly 26 Dec. 362/2 Derisive hoots of ‘Little Joe’, ‘Big Dick’, with which the spectators recognized the throw of four or ten, and the mocking laugh when some one was crapped out, announced to Dick as he neared the group how the game was going. 1894 Oxford (Oxford Junction, Iowa) Mirror 24 May 1/3 After the ‘point’ has been decided the number 7 becomes unlucky and when it is thrown the player ‘craps out’. 1899 Indianapolis (Indiana) News 21 Oct. 5/4 Mr. Croker, in Bowery lingo, ‘crapped out’, and made it known the laurel of State leadership belonged to Edward Murphy. 1908 Dial. Notes 3 302 Crap out, to fail to make good in the game of craps. Also used in college slang of failing on examination. 1959 J. Kerouac Let. 10 June in Sel. Lett. (1999) 206 The only thing I'm worried about is Avon might crap out on this deal because William R. Hearst just bought the goddam company and may not like beat writing. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vi. 144 And so the shooter cannot ‘crap out’. 2000 Wired Apr. 174/2 Flash memory cells get damaged each time they write a bit. After about 10,000 read/write cycles they crap out. 2017 Winnipeg Free Press 24 June c5/1 In Turin in 2006 when the Canadian men's hockey team crapped out early and Cindy Klassen stole the whole show. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。