| 词汇 | pratfall |
| 释义 | pratfall noun[ C ] uk /ˈpræt.fɔːl/ us /ˈpræt.fɑːl/ mainly US a fall in which a person lands on their bottom, especially for a humorous effect in a play, film, etc.（尤指为取得娱乐效果而摔的）屁股蹲儿 an embarrassing defeat or failure: 令人难堪的失败；丢人现眼；出丑 Most of us get over the pratfalls of childhood.我们大多数人都不在意孩提时都出过的洋相。 Falling and dropping ass collapse collapse under someone's/something's weight collapse/fall in a heapidiom cropper crumple drop like fliesidiom drop off faceplant fly knock knock someone over let goidiom mic drop nosedive overbalance parachutist shower trip (someone) up wayside You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failures Examples of pratfallpratfall He also tends to be the subject of pratfalls due to his clumsiness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The physical actions on the stage included slapstick, pratfalls, loud noises, physical mishaps, collisions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was enough of a professional (and a trained acrobat) to complete the film, doing extreme pratfalls even while visibly impaired. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were growing older, and could no longer perform pratfalls and physical comedy as they once had. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In that first decade, the number of publishing pratfalls was barely exceeded by the will to learn from a bumpy start and keep the paper in print. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An individual with high self-esteem will prefer the non-pratfall, high competence individual over the pratfall committing competent individual. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An incompetent individual that commits any pratfall (2,3) will have a decrease in liking, which increases with severity of blunder. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After a perceived incompetent individual commits a pratfall, the comparison between the observer and blunderer can cause mental discomfort, which may then results in lower likability ratings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The derogation toward an average confederate appears after the confederate commits the pratfall since humor allows the individuals to comfortably rate attractiveness more congruently with immediately felt (negative) emotions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the end of the interview, a pratfall, or small blunder, was introduced in some tapes as the experimental condition, and omitted in others as the control condition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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