| 单词 | to go phut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go phut colloquial. to go phut: to break down, malfunction; to come to a sudden end; to end in failure, come to grief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism standc1175 to run down1665 stop1789 seize1878 to go phut1888 to cut out1910 conk1917 cut1938 trip out1940 phut1959 1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 55 The whole thing went phut. She wrote to say that there had been a mistake. 1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger III. iii. 150 The plans..have all gone fut. 1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 40 Endersley's memory has gone phut! 1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia x. 270 She'd still have been terribly interested in life till she went phut. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit iii. 29 It wouldn't take much to make the Stilton–Florence axis go p'fft again. 1972 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 7/3 The kids had broken a window, and the colour television had gone phut. 2000 N.Y. Times 14 May iv. 3/1 Gary Hart's presidential campaign went pfft after the story broke about his affair with Donna Rice. < as lemmas |
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