belly up

短语

破产的

发音

AU

词形变化

bellied up bellies up 三单 bellies up bellying up bellying up 现在分词 bellied up 过去式 bellied up 过去分词

别名

belly-up

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.

    习语 不及物

    He bellied up to the bar as soon as he saw a free stool.

  2. 2.

    To die; to fail or go out of business.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To lay on the back with its belly up.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Dead or defunct.

    习语

    After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.

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