| 词汇 | clunker |
| 释义 | clunker noun[ C ] USinformaluk /ˈklʌŋ.kər/ us /ˈklʌŋ.kɚ/ an old vehicle or machine in bad condition: 破旧不堪的汽车；年久失修的旧机器 I had to drive my mom's clunker for a few weeks.好几个星期我都不得不开我妈妈的小破车。 He worked long hours to keep his gas-guzzling clunker on the road.他投入了大把时间，就为了让他那辆耗油的老破车还能在路上跑。 something very bad in quality or completely unsuccessful: （质量低劣、毫无价值的）破烂玩意 This new movie is a clunker by any standard.这部新电影不管用什么标准都毫无价值可言。 Have you ever given a piece of advice that turned out to be a real clunker?你有没有给过别人建议，结果却完全是个馊主意？ someone or something that is not successful failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure. successThe operation was a success. turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey. clunkerUSThat pitch was a real clunker. bombUSHis website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet. dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud. The county will have to tow away the clunkers that broke down. a plan to lease or sell efficient cars at affordable prices and encourage people to scrap clunkers We should close 30-year-old coal plants rather than keep those dirty old clunkers going. There's a group of clunkers - stocks whose profit growth prospects are so meager they will always disappoint. In bad condition battered battle-scarred be on the skidsidiom beat someone up blasted hors de combat impaired in decay in good, bad, etc. repairidiom in piecesidiom run someone/something down sad scarred scuffed shabbily the worse for wearidiom well worn worm-eaten worn out worse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Road vehicles in general Failures Examples of clunkerclunker They soon discovered that old balloon-tired clunkers (as they called them) could be had for $5.00 at a garage sale and would endure tremendous punishment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is the case in the cash for clunkers, the public works, and the renewable energy examples. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the late 1970s cruiser bicycles, by then called clunkers became the inspiration for mountain bikes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But unlike so many fall clunkers, it's competent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the average fuel economy of a clunker was 15.8 mpg, compared to 25.4 mpg for the car that replaced ita 61% improvement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I just keep writing songs and keep the best ones and throw out the clunkers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fuel economy for the new trucks ranges from 15 to 17 miles per gallon, which equates to a mere 1 to 3 mpg improvement over the clunkers. 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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