单词 | mexican stand-off |
释义 | Mexican stand-offWord forms: plural Mexican stand-offs countable noun [usually singular] A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first. [US]Mexican stand-off in American Englishnoun informal, sometimes offensive a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win Word origin [1890–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: historicism, neoclassicism, plein-air, pogey, takedown |
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