| 单词 | dead loss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead loss 30. Said of a charge, expense, loss: Unrelieved, absolute, complete, utter; also, of outlay, Unproductive, without returns. dead rent: a fixed rent which remains as a constant and unvarying charge upon a mining concession, etc. dead loss: a complete loss; frequently colloquial, a person or thing that is totally worthless, inefficient, or unsuccessful; a complete failure; an utter waste of time. (Cf. quot. 1757.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > a loss > complete dead lossa1715 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > dead or sleeping sleeping rent1870 dead rent1893 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful failure1836 stumer1891 flop1893 dead-ender1915 no-ball1922 dead loss1927 non-performer1962 bust-out1963 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing cumber-worldc1374 cumber-house1541 deaf nut1613 cumber-ground1657 dead duck1844 no good1871 dead wood1877 dead wood1887 blue duck1889 dud1897 cluck1904 non-starter1911 dead loss1927 dreep1927 write-off1935 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 blivet1967 roadkill1990 a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 260 The intrinsick wealth of the Nation was very high, when it could answer such a dead charge. 1757 J. Harris Ess. Money & Coins 79 The deficiency upon the coins is so much dead loss to the public. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 78 It required a dead expence of three millions sterling. 1825 W. Scott Let. Mar.–Apr. (1935) IX. 56 I am a sharer to the extent of £1500 on a railroad, which will..double the rent..but is dead outlay in the meantime. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Nov. 458 Those colonies are a dead expense, without a possibility of their ever being of any use. 1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 428/2 The royalty reserved was fourpence a ton..the dead rent was 30l. a year. 1907 Sears, Roebuck Catal. 1000 We seldom have two orders ‘just alike’ in every particular, consequently if the net was returned it would be a ‘dead loss’ to us. 1927 T. E. Lawrence Let. 27 Dec. in To his Biographer, R. Graves (1938) ii. 144 This time it was a really good guard, and so I feel that the holiday has not been a dead loss. 1934 Discovery Nov. 317/2 Dead weight [on railways] means dead loss. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids v. 82 Certain unmistakable derniers cris, some of them undoubtedly destined..to become the rage of tomorrow: others, I would say, a dead loss from their very inception. 1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell 92 You think a dead loss like myself has no right to say it. < as lemmas |
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