
美:/'ʃəˈlækt/
打败
The Republicans got shellacked in the elections.
共和党在选举中一败涂地。
Now, the new stairs look great, but are so shellacked, they've become a huge slipping hazard in the winter!
现在,新的台阶看起来好极了。只不过我们上了太多的虫胶,到了冬天变得其滑无比。
The bank's stock is getting shellacked this week. The shares fell as much as 6 percent on Tuesday morning and were down nearly 3 percent by midday.
本周美国银行的股票损失惨重,周二早上最高跌了6%,午间又下跌了3个百分点。
But profitable lenders' earnings can get shellacked in future periods if they suddenly have to start adding large amounts to their bad-loan reserve to catch up with credit losses.
但如果为了应对贷款损失而被迫突然开始增加坏账准备金的话,目前盈利的贷款人的收益在未来也可能受到冲击。
"Shellacked" 是动词 "shellac" 的过去分词形式,主要有两层含义:
字面意义
指用虫胶(一种天然树脂)涂抹物体表面形成保护层,常见于木器工艺或工业涂层领域。例如家具制造中,工匠会对木材进行打蜡抛光(shellacking)以增加光泽和耐久性。这一用法可追溯至18世纪,词源与印度梵语词汇 "śilājatu"(天然树脂)相关,通过法语 "shellaque" 进入英语。
比喻意义
在美式英语口语中,该词常表示"彻底击败"或"严厉批评",例如体育赛事报道中描述某队"被对手完全压制(shellacked)"(《韦氏词典》收录此释义)。政治领域也常见类似用法,《纽约时报》曾用该词形容候选人在辩论中的失利。
双重语义的演变反映了语言从具体工艺术语向抽象表达延伸的过程,语言学研究表明这类隐喻化现象多源于行业术语在公共语境中的扩散。
“Shellacked”是动词“shellac”的过去分词形式,主要有以下两层含义:
例句:The new stairs were shellacked, making them dangerously slippery in winter.(新台阶涂了虫胶,冬天变得非常滑。)
例句:The team was shellacked 10-0 in the final match.(球队在决赛中以0比10惨败。)
若需进一步了解词源或具体例句,可参考权威词典(如、2)。
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