kick the bucket

短语

死掉

发音

UK /ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/
US /ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/
AU

词形变化

kicked the bucket kicking the bucket kicks the bucket 三单 kicks the bucket kicking the bucket 现在分词 kicked the bucket 过去式 kicked the bucket 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To die.

    翘辫子

    非正式 委婉 幽默 习语

    The old horse finally kicked the bucket.

  2. 2.

    To break down such that it cannot be repaired.

    非正式 习语

    I think my sewing machine has kicked the bucket.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

go die pass exit choke perish croak expire conk drop dead

上位词 1

turn

下位词 10

fall drown starve yield abort suffocate succumb stifle asphyxiate buy it

近义相关 9

go die break fail break down give out conk out give way go bad

词源

There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests the following: * A person standing on a pail or bucket with their head in a slip noose would kick the bucket so as to commit suicide. The OED, however, says that this is mainly speculative; * An archaic use of bucket was a beam from which a pig is hung by its feet prior to being slaughtered, and to kick the bucket originally signified the pig's death throes. The OED finds this a more plausible theory. Another theory is given by Roman Catholic Bishop Abbot Horne.

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