fiasco

fi·as·co

F0098700 (fē-ăs′kō)n. pl. fi·as·coes or fi·as·cos A complete failure.

[French, from Italian fare fiasco, to make a bottle, fail, from fiasco, bottle (perhaps translation of French bouteille, bottle, error, used by the French for linguistic errors committed by Italian actors on the 18th-century French stage), from Late Latin flascō; see flask.]

fiasco

(fɪˈæskəʊ) n, pl -cos or -coesa complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating[C19: from Italian, literally: flask; sense development obscure]

fi•as•co

(fiˈæs koʊ or, esp. for 2, -ˈɑ skoʊ)

n., pl. -cos, -coes. 1. a complete and ignominious failure. 2. a round-bottomed wine bottle, esp. one having a basketlike covering. [1850–55; < Italian: literally, bottle < Germanic see flask]

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Noun

fiasco - a sudden and violent collapsedebaclecollapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

fiasco

noun flop, failure, disaster, ruin, mess (informal), catastrophe, rout, debacle, cock-up (Brit. slang), balls-up (taboo slang), fuck-up (offensive taboo slang), washout (informal) The party was a bit of a fiasco.

fiasco

nounOne that fails completely:bust, failure, loser, washout.Informal: dud, flop, lemon.Slang: bomb.

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大失败

fiasco

(fiˈӕskəu) – plural fiˈascos – noun a complete failure. The party was a fiasco.大失败

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noun flop

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noun one that fails completely

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noun a sudden and violent collapse

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