knock into a cocked hat

短语

驳得...体无完肤

发音

UK /ˈnɒk ˌɪntuː ə ˌkɒkt ˈhæt/
US /ˈnɑk ˌɪntu ə ˌkɑkt ˈhæt/

词形变化

knocked into a cocked hat knocking into a cocked hat knocks into a cocked hat 三单 knocks into a cocked hat knocking into a cocked hat 现在分词 knocked into a cocked hat 过去式 knocked into a cocked hat 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To beat up or seriously injure (a person); to badly damage (a thing).

    非正式 过时 及物
  2. 2.

    To completely demolish, nullify, overthrow, or otherwise defeat (a person; an argument, idea, or proposition; or a thing).

    非正式 比喻 及物

    All the original ideas we had were knocked into a cocked hat by the latest survey.

词源

A cocked hat is one with the brim turned up to form two or three points (a bicorn or tricorn). The verb may refer: * to someone or something being knocked or hit out of shape like such a hat, or a person having a cocked hat forced on to their head; or * to a person knocking down all but three pins in a game of ninepins, or to the similar game called “cocked hat” in which only three pins are set up in a triangle, although these may simply be allusions to the shape of a tricorn. It has been pointed out that evidence linking these games to the verb is lacking.

来源：wiktionary