來(lái)自俚語(yǔ)put the kibosh on,阻止，挫敗。詞源不詳，可能來(lái)自愛爾蘭語(yǔ)caip bhais,死刑帽，caip,帽子，詞源同cap,bhais,死亡。據(jù)說(shuō)當(dāng)法官宣判死刑的時(shí)候所戴。
英文詞源
kibosh (n.)
1836, kye-bosk, in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish "Seven Dials" neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this. One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipín báis "cap of death," sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources identified as a gruesome method of execution "employed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgents" [Bernard Share, "Slanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slang"]. Or the word might somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Another such injury will put the kibosh on his athletic career.
再受一次這樣的傷,就會(huì)使他的運(yùn)動(dòng)事業(yè)告吹.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. Another such injury may put the kibosh on his athletic career.
再受這樣一次傷,他的運(yùn)動(dòng)員生涯很可能就此結(jié)束了.
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3. The manager wanted to put the kibosh on the transaction.
經(jīng)理想要制止這筆交易.
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4. I'm afraid that the sudden rainfall has put the kibosh on our picnic.
恐怕這場(chǎng)意外的雨使我們的野餐活動(dòng)泡了湯.
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5. I'm afraid that bad weather will pat the kibosh on our holiday plan.