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单词 spitchered
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spitcheredadj.

/ˈspɪtʃəd/
Etymology: < Maltese spicca finished, ended, perhaps ultimately < Italian spezzare to break into pieces, fragment.
slang (originally Nautical).
Rendered inoperative, ruined.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > unserviceable > by having ceased to function
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spitchered1920
kaput1924
bent1957
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 340/2 ‘Cease firing!’ screamed the C.O. ‘He's spitchered.’
1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 163 Spitcher'd, finished, done.
1970 P. Dickinson Seals i. 14 That damned gadget might..be functioning right as rain in thirty seconds, or it might be spitchered for ever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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