conk out
phrasal verbwithconkverb[T]informalhumorousuk/kɒŋk/us/kɑːŋk/
informalIfvehiclesand othermachinesconkout, theystopworkingorfailsuddenly:
(车辆或其他机器)突然出故障,停止运转,突然失灵I was just twomilesfromhomewhen mymotorbikeconkedout!我出门刚骑了两英里,我的摩托车就突然出了故障!
to go tosleepveryquickly, or tosuddenlybecomeunconscious:
倒头睡去;突然不省人事After a six-hourflightand alongdayofmeetings, it's notsurprisingyouconkedout.坐了6个小时的飞机,又开了一天的会,难怪你倒头就睡着了。
Machines - not functioning
- act
- blink
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- dead
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- knackered
- shudder to a haltidiom
- stall
- temperamentally
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