| 单词 | pucker factor |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspucker factor pucker factor n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S. Military) the degree of fear experienced in a dangerous situation; an element of fear or danger. ΚΠ 1965 C. D. B. Bryan P. S. Wilkinson i. ii.15 Of course it could be serious. They could be moving armor up for an attack. But as yet there is no reason to push the panic button, or as the flyboys say, have pucker factor on full. 1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors iv. 60 Ha! Hodges chortled—and he really seemed alive for the first time. Pucker factor just went to ten! I can hear the assholes slamming shut! 2005 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 16 Jan. h1 He noticed the silence when the sled picked up speed on the fourth of the track's 15 curves. ‘It got real quiet in there,’ he said. ‘There is a pucker factor.’ < as lemmas |
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