dumpster fire

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdʌmpstəˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/|/ˈdʌmpstəˈfaɪə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈdʌmpstɚˈfaɪəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person; a disaster. US,slang
    — As honeymoons go, this was a total dumpster fire.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dumpster, fire.
    — The dumpster fire was ruled an arson.

词形变化

dumpster fires plural

词源

The figurative sense connotes that things that were already contemptible (as if trash) are now also even worse (as if aflame).
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