| 单词 | bugout |
| 释义 | bugout[ buhg-out ] / ˈbʌgˌaʊt / nounMilitary Slang. a hasty retreat from combat, especially in defiance of orders. Slang. a person who absents himself or herself from duties or obligations. Origin of bugoutFirst recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase bug out leave Words nearby bugoutbugleweed, bug light, bugloss, bug off, bugong, bugout, bugs, bugsha, buhl, buhr, buhrstone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bugoutbug out verb(intr, adverb) slang, mainly US to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat 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 Idioms and Phrases with bugoutbug out Bulge, as in The news will make her eyes bug out with astonishment. This expression was originally used literally for bulging eyes and later used more loosely as a sign of astonishment. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Leave, run out, as in This conference is a bore; I think I'll bug out. This usage originated as military slang for deserting and today is used more loosely. [Slang; c. 1950] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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