brickle

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fail spectacularly. Canada,dialectal
    — How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of breakle. Appalachia,alt-of,alternative,archaic,dialectal
    — brickle clay

词形变化

brickles present,singular,third-person brickling participle,present brickled participle,past brickled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English brikel, brekil, brukel (“easily broken or shattered”), from Old English *bryċel, *brucol (as in hūsbryċel (“burglarious”, literally “house-breaking”), scipbrucol (“destructive to shipping, causing shipwreck”, literally “ship-breaking”), equivalent to break + -le. See also breakle.
词源 2
From the Bricklin, a failed automobile.
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