Chinese fire drill

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat. US
  2. A silly, pointless exercise. US,derogatory

词形变化

Chinese fire drills plural

词汇关系

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词源

Perhaps from the World War I era, from the former Western use of Chinese as an ethnic and racial slur; now used only as a festive exclamation.
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