| 单词 | to go flatline |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go flatline b. to go flatline: (of an electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, etc.) to display a flatline; (of a person) to suffer cardiac arrest or brain death, to die. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1979 S. King Dead Zone i. vi. 94 Like anything else, coma was a matter of degree. Johnny Smith had never been a vegetable; his EEG had never gone flatline. 1990 Orlando Sentinel Tribune (Nexis) 23 Sept. k1 He has seen a man with a normal heartbeat complaining of chest pain ‘go flatline’ without warning. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 542 The yuppies had kneaded and kneaded it [sc. the script] until it became..a piece of shit. It went flatline at Warners. 2000 Airman June 38/3 I ran a code where a guy went into cardiac arrest and went flatline. 2006 A. Duquesne Soul Siren (2007) 54 The radio by law has to play a substantial portion of Canadian music in a desperate attempt to keep the national culture from going flatline. < as lemmas |
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