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单词 basket case
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
basket case′, [Slang.]
  1. Slang Terms(offensive) a person who has had all four limbs amputated.
  2. a person who is helpless or incapable of functioning normally, esp. due to overwhelming stress, anxiety, or the like.
  3. Slang Termsanything that is impaired or incapable of functioning:Right after the war the conquered nation was considered an economic basket case.
  • 1915–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
basket case n slang
  1. a person who is suffering from extreme nervous strain; nervous wreck
  2. chiefly US Canadian taboo a person who has had both arms and both legs amputated
  3. someone or something that is incapable of functioning normally
  4. (as modifier): a basket-case economy
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