pink slip英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A notice of termination of employment. idiomatic,metonymically

— Pink slips are being handed out faster in corporate America than you can say, “Recession? What recession?”
The title document for an automobile. US

— But when she visited the bank, all she found inside were the pink slip to her car, a passport she′d acquired two years ago before a vacation trip to Australia and a few other documents.
An automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate. Australia,New-South-Wales

— My car mechanic does the pink slip for my bike - he doesn't know anything about them but does know that I keep it in tip top condition.

动词 v.

To terminate the employment of. US,informal,transitive

— After a week of anxiously watching the mailbox through little Japanese binoculars his wife had given him for a going-away present (she'd left him the day after he was pink-slipped) and getting nothing but sucker-list stuff through the regular deliveries that came each noon, he was jolted out of a boozy, black-and-white dream of jumping off The Stack into rush-hour traffic, by an insistent banging at the door.

词形变化

pink slips plural pink slips present,singular,third-person pink slipping participle,present pink slipped participle,past pink slipped past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

From pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice.
* (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate.

词源 2

From pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice.
* (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate.