| 词汇 | roadkill |
| 词源 | roadkill. Roadkill is commonly heard for any animal vehicle- killed on the road, but it is not listed in any of the major dic- tionaries or even dictionaries of slang. It is hardly a new word anymore, first recorded in 1972, and for 10 years or so it has also meant a person dead or useless: “Smith has been roadkill up at the plate recently.” |
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