cactused

发音

AU

词形变化

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别名

cactussed

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Featuring a cactus or cacti.

  2. 2.

    Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.

    澳大利亚 俚语

    My computer is cactused.

    His high spirits descended temporarily. 'It took me thirty minutes to get her going again. The lift pump is cactused.'

  3. 3.

    In trouble, screwed.

    澳大利亚 俚语

词源

From cactus + -ed. Australian colloquialism may have originated as a result of the Australian prickly pear plague in the early 20th century, which overran farmland, making it unusable.

来源:wiktionary