| 释义 |
out of joint1(Of a joint of the body) out of position; dislocated: he put his hip out of joint...- The injury has progressed to the point that the heads can dislocate or come out of joint.
- I am in discomfort all the time and my hip keeps popping out of joint so I have to wiggle it back in.
- Jacob wrestled with the angel until the angel put his hip out of joint.
1.1In a state of disorder or disorientation: time was thrown completely out of joint...- But there is something collectively out of joint in European culture, if rhetoric like this really resonates with the public.
- The angles are out of joint, the proportions irregular, the sky stained by blotches; still the birds flutter along in meditation.
- The poets seem to be ethnographers, slightly out of joint.
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