| 词汇 | louse |
| 释义 | louse Theme: MAN - NEGATIVE n. a thoroughly repellent person, usually a male.You can be such a louse!Max turned out to be a louse, and his wife of two weeks left him. louse noun a despicable person US, 1864louse up louse sth up • louse up sth informal to do something very badly, especially by making a lot of careless mistakes: Don't give the job to Ted, he'll only louse it up. "How did you do in your test?" "I really loused it up."■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, cock up BrE informal three skips of a louseobsolete Some infinitesimal or trivial amount. Sir, I care not even three skips of a louse for the censures of a reprobate such as yourself. louse (someone or something) upTo ruin, spoil, mess up, or bungle someone or something. Her sudden decision to quit in the middle of the project really loused us up. I am not letting your crummy attitude louse up my vacation—if you want to be grouch, you can go somewhere else and do it alone! louse someone or something upInf. to ruin something; to mess someone or something up. You really loused me up! You got me in a real mess! Who loused up my scheme? louse upSpoil, ruin, bungle. For example, The bad weather loused up our plans, or Your change of mind really loused me up. This slangy expression originated in World War I, when infestation with lice was the common lot of soldiers in the trenches; its figurative use dates from the 1930s. louse upv. To cause something to fail because of poor handling; botch something: The president loused up the merger, costing the company millions of dollars. Let me tell the story—you always louse it up. louse(lɑʊs) n. a thoroughly repellent person, usually a male. You can be such a louse! louse something up tv. to botch something up. Please don’t louse the typewriter ribbon up this time. louse (something) up, toTo ruin or botch, to blunder. Undoubtedly alluding to the unhappy condition of being “loused up,” that is, infested with lice, this slangy term dates from the first half of the 1900s. At first it was used as a transitive verb, as in John O’Hara’s Appointment in Samarra, “Lousing up your date.” A decade or two later it was also being used intransitively, as in “Don’t trust her with the reservations; she’s sure to louse up.” |
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