时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课

  pear-shaped的本义是“梨形的、底宽顶窄的”,它通常可以引申为另一个意思:“全完了,都毁了”。


  这种用法最早出现在20世纪60年代,由英语短语go pear-shaped演变而来,go pear-shaped表示“误入歧途,土崩瓦解,失去控制或失败”。


  pear-shaped的由来很有可能与皇家空军有关。空军飞行员学习各种特技飞行,其中包括翻圈飞行。翻圈飞行对有经验的飞行员来说也比较困难,何况是新手呢?一般新手翻的圈都不太圆,呈梨形。所以地面上的人看新手翻圈表演时就会说:He's gone all pear-shaped. pear-shaped因此引申为“失败,全完了”。









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AC322140
alkyd ship cabin paint
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asteroidal
Ayutthaya Changwat
bafflestones
balantidial dysentery
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bite the thumb s at someone
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clickety-clack
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data strategy description language
discretization
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early write cycle
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fail the exam
farm boy
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form of a monistic property right
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fusing factor
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graphitizing element
griseofulvin
handset transmitter
haxbies
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