| 释义 |
wiped, ppl. a. (Formerly at wipe v.)|waɪpt|
[f. wipe v. + -ed1.]
1. That has been wiped; spec. in Plumbing (see sense 3 of the vb.).
a1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 949/1 Wiped joint (Plumbing), one made by placing the parts in the required juxtaposition and covering the joint with a mass of solder.
2. predic. Chiefly with out. slang (orig. U.S.).
a. Reduced to a state of physical incapacity; exhausted, tired out.
1958Amer. Speech XXXIII. 225 You can be hung if you are merely tired, in which case you are also destroyed, wiped out, and wasted. 1972M. Atwood Surfacing (1973) iv. 36 ‘Christ, am I wiped,’ he says. ‘Somebody break me out a beer.’ 1983B. T. Bradford Voice of Heart xvi. 171 It's pretty apparent to me that Terry is wiped out physically, and he's still a bit drunk, you know. 1988Road Racing & Training 29/2 So, so tired; feel really wiped out all the time.
b. spec. Intoxicated or incapacitated by drugs or alcohol.
1966Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Summer 5 Wiped out, intoxicated... Two and he's wiped out. 1976New Yorker 9 Feb. 84/2 His responses are sometimes so blocked that he seems wiped out; at other times he's animal fast. 1980A. Beattie Falling in Place (1981) xiii. 180 He was smiling at her; awake, but still wiped out.
c. Financially ruined, penniless.
1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds ix. 206 I'm wiped out, Father... The fire went through me from one end to the other and left hardly a sheep alive or a tree green. Lucky the last few years have been good... I can afford to restock. 1981J. Blume Tiger Eyes (1982) xxv. 102, I am almost wiped out financially, but maybe I can pick up a babysitting job over the holidays. |