kill the rabbit

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test. dated,slang
    — "What about her?" "She killed the rabbit."

词形变化

kills the rabbit present,singular,third-person killing the rabbit participle,present killed the rabbit participle,past killed the rabbit past

词源

Before the days of instant pregnancy tests, a woman's sample was injected into a rabbit. There were several varieties of tests; one allegedly would kill the rabbit if the pregnancy hormone was present in the sample (most accounts indicate the rabbit was killed and dissected either way.)
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