单词 | out of action |
释义 | out of action From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishout of actionout of actionBROKEN a) broken and not working The photocopier is out of action again. b) injured and unable to do anythingput/keep somebody out of action The injury will keep him out of action for a month. → actionExamples from the Corpusout of action• She sustained a mild concussion in the game against the Xplosion, and was held out of action.• I dropped my M 16 into the mud and was out of action for a few minutes.• A few moments later the two photographers came sheepishly to tell me that the video camera was out of action. |
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