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单词 brodie
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brodie in American English

(ˈbroudi)
noun (sometimes cap) slang
1. 
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive
to do a brodie from a high ledge
2. 
a complete failure; flop
3. 
a severe vehicular skid
4. 
a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel
Word origin
[after Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886]

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