英:['flɪvə]
美:['flɪvə]
英:['flɪvə]
美:['flɪvə]
"廉价汽车",后来(1914年后)特指"Model-T Ford",1905年出现,起源不明。单词 flivver 于1910年左右被注意到,成为常用的新剧院俚语词汇:"flivver 是指一些不成功的东西,也许不是彻底的、丑陋的失败,但肯定离顶端很远。" [波士顿环球报,1910年2月20日] 1909年8月16日费城询问者报的一个滑稽专栏中的一个角色说:"它来自动词'to fliv',意思是犯规,搞砸了。"
origin unknown
The first known use of flivver was in 1910
flogverb
to beat severely with or as if with a rod or whip
floenoun
a sheet or mass of floating ice
flock1 of 2noun
a group of animals (as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together
a group someone keeps watch over
a large number
a flock of tourists
flock2 of 2verb
to gather or move in a crowd
they flocked to the beach
flock1 of 2noun
a group of animals (as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together
a group someone keeps watch over
a large number
a flock of tourists
flock2 of 2verb
to gather or move in a crowd
they flocked to the beach
flivvernoun
a small cheap old automobile
1 He has been driving that same beat up flivver for at least 20 years.
至少有二十年了,他一直驾驶着那辆破旧的小汽车。
2 Eight thousand fans could fit in the bleachers and grandstands, with, as a novelty, room for people in 150 cars to watch the game from their flivvers.
3 In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads.
4 Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school.
5 He has been driving that same beat up flivver for at least 20 years.
至少有二十年了,他一直驾驶着那辆破旧的小汽车.
1 欺骗
double-tongued funny prestigious cheating delusive gyp tricksy trickish flamdoodle suck-in have do sell kid pass trick false fraud cheat rig lurk bluff juggle delusion hoax deceit trickery wile swindle charlatan gaff stealing subterfuge circumvention indirection gammon hocus imposture hokum skullduggery skulduggery hocus-pocus trickiness flimflam roguery cozen shenanigan jiggery-pokery jugglery humbuggery dupery swizz swiz chouse inveracity thimblerig yentz string impose fox deceive gag two-time spoof duff illude double-clock horn-swoggle take job short green beat lie burn abuse smoke hook bite spin trim palm fool rim stall gum bitch hustle hum fiddle jockey cog dope skunk doodle dupe fob gull defraud victimize lurch delude jive bamboozle flam euchre double-cross razzle-dazzle cully gold-brick befool take-in leg-pull skin game double cross monkey business cross-up hoky-poky plant curve twist shaft illusion bob deception sham trimming gouge bop mace shuck barney bunco eyewash falseness legerdemain hanky-panky rinky-dink chicane cooch chiz hokey-pokey gloze rort hokeypokey cootch shit boodle practice ring bull grease fudge bam dipsy-doodle banter diddle cold-deck gazoozle fainaigue make work catch stick cross jump cream dish screw hose bucket hype mock Jew sucker buffalo mislead bunk deacon nick chisel ream snooker mystify short-change slicker beguile frig fop jink gudgeon trepan hornswoggle gyppo double-X make game of bludge on play the rogue slip one over on put it over on have a game with play the fool with a clean shave run a sandy on on the earhole givethe business string on throw a curve on the fiddle give short change come it play games with
2 挫折
check cross defeat reverse knock dash breakdown frustration discourage crossing disappointment setback balk rebuff checkmate disconcert break slump shipwreck shake crush nip blight backset
4 失策
inadvisable impolitic inexpedient unpolitic inexpedience miscarriage blunder misstep gaffe bumble dumbo barney impolicy blow
5 失败
lost unsuccessful losing fail failure breakdown abortion stumble bust frost beating overthrow defection washout lose miss founder bomb decay misfire boomerang miscarry flunk disappoint lose ground miss out on thumbs down no go push to the wall get the worst of bring to naught miss the mark die on feet come to naught fall flat on face miss tip bring to grief miss a figure drop through break the molasses jug not get anywhere put the skid under stillborn out shicer stumer licking downer down rout flop blow-out unsuccess fall crash smash skid come to grief out for the count go bung bite the dust go bust draw a blank come to nothing fizzle out flame out come unstuck dip out gang agley fall through crap out fall to the ground failing abortive suck-in break loss defeat reverse slip frustration crab rot miscarriage bummer dud mull balk muff fizzle worse checkmate bloomer flummox brodie smashup collapse stray slump abort shipwreck trip destroy dash frustrate cave-in slipup honk out frustrated bankrupt ballup hip header fade turkey bankruptcy flap setback strikeout fluff meltdown gaffe butch barney fungo cruller schmear cockup lay-down lash-up balls-up fliv default cook funk flub damn stiff blob counteract pip confound throw a wrench into lose the day come to the ground one in the eye clutch the gummy lay a bomb put the skids on come apart at the seams fall on face miss fire blow it draw blank have the worst drag anchor