| 释义 |
Definition of vamoose in English: vamooseverb vəˈmuːs [no object]informal Depart hurriedly. 〈非正式〉匆匆离去 we'd better vamoose before we're caught 我们最好在被抓住之前马上走人。 Example sentencesExamples - He then immediately vamoosed and wasn't seen again.
- The clerk reached for the phone; I hitched my pants and vamoosed.
- When the lions come a running, the grazers close ranks and vamoose.
- The Baron and his family vamoose by train for an unknown destination.
- But hanging around to the bitter end is sending good money after bad; better to cut your losses and vamoose.
- The biggest threat I feel from the people queuing behind me is that they will lynch me if it takes me longer than 20 seconds to get my money and vamoose.
Synonyms go away, depart, leave, take off, get out, get out of my sight
OriginMid 19th century: from Spanish vamos 'let us go'. Rhymesabstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, Zeus Definition of vamoose in US English: vamooseverb [no object]informal Depart hurriedly. 〈非正式〉匆匆离去 we'd better vamoose before we're caught 我们最好在被抓住之前马上走人。 Example sentencesExamples - The biggest threat I feel from the people queuing behind me is that they will lynch me if it takes me longer than 20 seconds to get my money and vamoose.
- He then immediately vamoosed and wasn't seen again.
- When the lions come a running, the grazers close ranks and vamoose.
- The Baron and his family vamoose by train for an unknown destination.
- The clerk reached for the phone; I hitched my pants and vamoosed.
- But hanging around to the bitter end is sending good money after bad; better to cut your losses and vamoose.
Synonyms go away, depart, leave, take off, get out, get out of my sight
OriginMid 19th century: from Spanish vamos ‘let us go’. |