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单词 applecart
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applecart

[ ap-uhl-kahrt ]
/ ˈæp əlˌkɑrt /

noun

a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.

Idioms for applecart

    upset the / someone's applecart, to ruin plans or arrangements; spoil something: He was making a fantastic profit until a competitor upset the applecart by cutting prices.

Origin of applecart

First recorded in 1780–90; apple + cart

Words nearby applecart

apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, Appleby, applecart, appledrain, apple green, Apple Islander, Apple Isle, applejack
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for applecart

  • Without you I can't do anything but kick over the applecart for Whit Monk; and that sort of revenge is mighty unsatisfactory.

    Alias The Lone Wolf|Louis Joseph Vance
  • And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.

    Caesar's Wife|William Somerset Maugham
  • To anyone who has tho slightest acquaintance with Applecart the very idea of a platform is fantastic.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 25th, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for applecart

applecart
/ (ˈæpəlˌkɑːt) /

noun

a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
upset the applecart to spoil plans or arrangements
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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