burton
burton1noun- (用于短语 go for a burton)(Brit. informal)meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed
(英,非正式)遇难,被毁(害),丧命
语源- Second World War (originally RAF slang): perhaps referring to Burton ale, from Burton-upon-Trent
burton2(亦作 burton-tackle)noun- (historical)a light two-block tackle for hoisting
(史)复滑车,辘轳,滑车(组)
语源- early 18th cent.: alteration of Middle English Breton tackle, a nautical term of the same sense (see Breton)
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