pooped

[pu:pt]

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※ 提供单词"pooped"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

pooped 精疲力竭的

幽默用法。

pooped (adj.): "tired," 1931, of unknown origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of heavy breathing from exhaustion (compare poop (n.2)). But poop, poop out were used in 1920s in aviation, of an engine, "to die." Also there is a verb poop, of ships, "to be overwhelmed by a wave from behind," often with catastrophic consequences (see poop (n.1)); hence in figurative nautical use, "to be overcome and defeated" (attested in 1920s).
It is an easy thing to "run"; the difficulty is to know when to stop. There is always the possibility of being "pooped," which simply means being overtaken by a mountain of water and crushed into the depths out of harm's way for good and all. [Ralph Stock, "The Cruise of the Dream Ship," 1921]

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2. This is was green at a time when other ivies had pooped out.: 这株常春藤在其他常春藤已凋谢时依然青翠.