pratfall
['prætfɔ:l]
n. 屁股着地的摔倒, 不像样的失态
例句与用法:
I don't want to invest all my money in this business; it would mean prating all my eggs in one basket.
我不想把所有的钱都投资在这项生意上,那是孤注一掷的做法。
Listen to him prating on about nothing.
听他瞎唠叨。
词形变化:
副词: pratingly |
名词: prater |
动词过去式: prated |
动词过去分词: prated |
动词现在分词: prating |
动词第三人称单数: prates |
n.
1. 屁股着地的摔倒
2. 可耻的失败
pratfallpratfallD.J.:[ˈprætfɔ:l]K.K.:[ˈprætˌfɔl]n.1.■屁股着地的摔倒,不像样的失态
pratfall['prætfɔ:l]n.1.■[美国俚语]2.■(尤指在滑稽戏中为求喜剧效果的)屁股碰地的摔跤,坐跌3.■丢脸(或可笑)的失误vi.1.■-fell /-fel/ 或-fallen /-,fɔ:lən/,-falling 坐跌
pratfallnoun- (informal)a fall on to one's buttocks
(非正式)(屁股着地的)坐跌;屁股墩
she took a pratfall into a dessert trolley.
她一屁股跌坐在甜点车上。
■a stupid and humiliating action
愚蠢丢人的失误
the first political pratfalls of the new administration.
头几个令新政府蒙羞的政治失误。