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单词 pratfall
释义  prat·fall /ˈprætfɔːl $ -fɒːl/ noun [countable]  1  MISTAKEan embarrassing accident or mistake 出丑，洋相 another one of the vice-president’s pratfalls 副总统的又一个洋相2. an act of falling down, especially when this is funny or embarrassing 〔尤指滑稽或尴尬的〕摔倒，跌倒Examples from the Corpuspratfall• To his credit, Marshall has not taken any pratfalls, even though his balance at times has been shaky.• You could have knocked us over with a feather when we saw her doing Lucystyle pratfalls and found ourselves laughing.• Even if she had the most plausible answers, there still would be folks wishing Clinton would continue to take political pratfalls.• And I have a spinal problem from taking pratfalls for 50 years.Origin pratfall (1900-2000) prat “buttocks” ((16-20 centuries)) + fallprat·fall nounChineseSyllable  embarrassing or an Corpus accident mistake
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