conk out

• • [俚语]
  • 发生故障，出毛病，坏掉：

    Our car conked out when we had got only halfway.

    我们的汽车刚走到半路就出了毛病。

  • 减弱；耗尽；累垮；立刻入睡；昏睡；去睡：

    The climbers were half way up the mountain when two of them conked out and had to turn back.

    登山队员爬到半山腰时，其中两人筋疲力尽，只得折回。

  • 昏迷，昏过去；死亡：

    She almost conked out when she caught pneumonia last year.

    她去年得了肺炎，差点儿死掉。