| 释义 |
View usage for: (kəpʊt) adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]If you say that something is kaput, you mean that it is completely broken, useless, or finished. [informal] 'What's happened to your car?'—'It's kaput.' He finally admitted that his film career was kaput. Synonyms: broken, finished, dead, destroyed More Synonyms of kaput (kæˈpʊt) adjective(postpositive) informal ruined, broken, or not functioning Word origin C20: from German kaputt done for, from French être capot to have made no tricks (literally: to be hoodwinked), from capot hooded cloak kaput in American English (kəˈpʊt; kəˈput) adjective Slang ruined, destroyed, defeated, etc. the toaster is kaput Word origin Ger kaputt, lost, ruined, broken < Fr (faire) capot, to lose all tricks (as in piquet) < capster, to capsize Examples of 'kaput' in a sentencekaput Definition ruined or broken (informal) Her film career was kaput. Synonyms destroyed ruined wrecked dead in the water (informal) Additional synonymsThis battery's dead. Synonyms not working, broken, useless, defective, dud (informal), malfunctioning, out of order, inactive, conked out, inoperative, kaput (informal) Definition no longer existing or working properly the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party Synonyms dead, extinct, gone, departed (euphemistic), expired, deceased, bygone, nonexistentDefinition (of an animal or plant species) having died out It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain. Synonyms dead, lost, gone, vanished, defunct- kaleidoscopic
- kamikaze
- kangaroo
- kaput
- keel over
- keen
- keen on
Additional synonyms`This business is finished,' he said sadly. Synonyms ruined, done for (informal), doomed, bankrupt, through, lost, gone, defeated, devastated, wrecked, wiped out, undone, washed up (informal), wound up, liquidated, dead in the water (informal) Definition ruined He is undone by his lack of inner substance. Synonyms ruined, destroyed, overcome, hapless, forlorn, prostrate, wretched |