| 单词 | deadbeat |
| 释义 | deadbeat[ ded-beet ] / ˈdɛdˌbit / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deadbeat ON THESAURUS.COM nounInformal. a person who deliberately avoids paying debts or neglects responsibilities. Informal. a loafer; sponger. adjectiveInformal. not paying one's debts or neglecting one's responsibilities:a deadbeat parent who won't pay for college;deadbeat borrowers. Horology. noting any of various timepiece escapements that act without recoil of the locking parts from the shock of contact. Electricity. (of the indicator of an electric meter and the like) coming to a stop with little or no oscillation. Origin of deadbeatFirst recorded in 1760–70; dead + beat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for deadbeat (1 of 2)deadbeat / (ˈdɛdˌbiːt) / nouninformal a lazy or socially undesirable person mainly US
a high grade escapement used in pendulum clocks (modifier) (of a clock escapement) having a beat without any recoil (modifier) physics
British Dictionary definitions for deadbeat (2 of 2)dead beat adjectiveinformal tired out; exhausted Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with deadbeatdead beat Defeated; also exhausted. For example, That horse was dead beat before the race even began, or, as Charles Dickens put it in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843): “Pull off my boots for me ... I am quite knocked up. Dead beat.” [Slang; first half of 1800s] Also, deadbeat. A lazy person or loafer; also, one who does not pay debts. For example, Her housemate knew she was a deadbeat, shirking her share of the chores, or He's a deadbeat; don't count on getting that money back. [Slang; second half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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