absquatulate

英 [əb'skwɒtjʊleɪt] 美 [æb'skwɑtʃə,letɚ]
  • vi. 潜逃;拐逃;溜之大吉;开小差

英文词源


absquatulate (v.)
1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating.

双语例句


1. He prepared to absquatulate and head for the wilderness.
他准备逃往荒野去.

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2. Book century writing is swung everywhere, study by oneself in scheduled time in the evening absquatulate.
书本世纪笔墨到处甩, 晚上自习开小差.

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