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单词 deadbeat
释义 deadbeat
  n.   /ded"beet'/;  adj.   /ded"beet"/,  n.  
  1. a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
  2. a loafer; sponger.
  adj.  
  3.  Horol.   noting any of various escapements acting without recoil of the locking parts from the shock of contact. See diag. under escapement.
  4.  Elect.   (of the indicator of an electric meter and the like) coming to a stop with little or no oscillation.
 [1760-70; DEAD + BEAT]
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