last roundup

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization. US,idiomatic
    — It's last roundup time, my fellow grocery patrons. On Saturday, the receipt redemption programs operated by Giant Food and Safeway ended after a 5 1/2-month run.
  2. Death. US,euphemistic,idiomatic
    — So Duke is 66. But don't kid yourself that he's headed for the last roundup—even though it may have looked that way a while back when he surrendered a lung to cancer.

词形变化

last roundups plural final roundup alternative

词源

An allusion to herding of cattle into a group.
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