spout是什么意思_英语组词翻译_例句及用法释义-英语词典

词组

spout

释义

spout

/spaʊt/

●be/go up the ˈspout

(BrE,

slang)

be/go wrong; be spoilt or not working 弄错；搞糟；出问题

◆It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout.
看来我们的休假计划要泡汤了。

◆This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout.
银行寄给我的信息完全不对。

ORIGIN Spout was the name given to a lift in a pawnbroker’s shop which took goods up to an area where they were stored. If somebody had items up the spout, they were in financial trouble. The expression gradually came to mean difficulties in general. * spout 指当铺中将抵押品传送到收藏处的吊车。up the spout 指人陷入了经济困难。这个表达法后来逐渐用来泛指各种困难。

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