“upter”的英英意思

单词	upter
释义	ˈupter, pred. a. Austral. slang. Also upta. [A corruption of up to putty (see putty n. 3 b), or some similar phr.] Bad or worthless; no good. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dialects 52 Up to putty, bad; useless; ineffectual. Upter, a corruption of ‘up to putty’.1949J. Cleary You can't see round Corners xxvi. 169 ‘How are you going?’ ‘Upta. I've lost on every race so far.’1953‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid xxxviii. 219 Dadda made some derogatory remark about the tucker. ‘If it's upter why don't you 'ave a go?’

　

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