lame duck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled. colloquial
    — Thus is happens, that, when a considerable loss arises from such contract, the principal on whole behalf it was made, refuses to fulfil it; in this case, the loss falls upon the broker, without remedy; and if he does not fulfil the contract in default of his prinicipal, he foreits his credit and business, and becomes, in the cant of the Alley, a lame duck.
  2. An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. US
    — Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
  3. A person who cannot fulfill their contracts. dated,slang
  4. A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.
动词 v.
  1. To behave in the manner of a lame duck. informal,intransitive,transitive

词形变化

lame ducks plural lame-duck alternative lameduck alternative lame ducks present,singular,third-person lame ducking participle,present lame ducked participle,past lame ducked past lame-duck alternative lameduck alternative

词源

词源 1
Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910.
词源 2
Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910.
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