"kick the bucket" meaning in 英語

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/ Audio: en-us-kick the bucket.ogg , en-au-kick the bucket.ogg Forms: kicks the bucket [third-person, singular, present], kicking the bucket [present, participle], kicked the bucket [past, participle]
Etymology: 字面意思是「踢桶」。對其來源,有許多種說法,《牛津英語詞典》給出了以下幾種: * 人站在桶上,头套在套索里,踢开桶后便能自杀。但《牛津英語詞典》表示这只是一个猜测; * bucket 的有个古旧用法,指横梁,猪被宰杀前被倒挂在横梁上,而 kick the bucket 最初表示猪的垂死挣扎。《牛津英語詞典》认为这个理论更合理。 罗马天主教主教阿博特·霍恩则提出了另一种理论。
  1. 死亡,去世 Tags: colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-kick_the_bucket-en-verb-tg3S7Rat Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語口語詞, 英語委婉詞, 英語幽默用語
  2. 壞掉,並且無法修理好 Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-kick_the_bucket-en-verb-A4h~Apsx Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語口語詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (死亡,去世): bite the dust, buy the farm Related terms: bucket list
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