The car conked out halfway up the hill.
汽车在上坡时半途抛锚了。
《牛津词典》The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity.
发电机发生故障,所以我们没电。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》In spite of having a new radiator fitted in Brisbane, the car began overheating, then conked out completely.
尽管在布里斯班安装了一个新的散热器,车还是开始过热,然后完全故障了。
She had a shock and conked out.
她大为震惊,昏了过去。
The refrigerator finally conked out.
冰箱终于坏了。
I'm afraid the radio has conked out.
我怕这收音机出了毛病了。
The engine conked out after 1,000 miles.
开了1 000英里以后,引擎出毛病了。
The car conked out at the crossroads.
汽车在十字路口抛锚了。
The stranger conked him and he fainted.
他被陌生人敲头而晕倒。
He conked out in November with pleurisy.
他患肋膜炎于十一月份死去。
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。
My car conked out in the middle of the desert.
我的汽车在沙漠当中抛了锚。
She conked out when she saw a dead body lying on the steps.
当她看到一具死尸躺在台阶上时,她昏了过去。
We conked out right after the last guests took their leave.
最后一批客人一走,我们就累得倒头睡去。
B : My car conked out on the way to work, so I had to walk 5 kilometers to office.
我的车在去工作的路上坏了,所以我必须步行5公里去上班。
The climbers were halfway up the mountain when two of them conked out and had to turn back.
登山队员爬到半山腰时,其中两人筋疲力竭,只得返回。
One of the hazards of living in those days will include getting conked by spare rocket parts falling from the sky.
生活在那些日子的危险事件将包括头部会被天空掉下来的火箭零件击中。
For example, on a stifling summer day after the air conditioning conked out in the strip mall where one of his two stores was located, the other merchants closed their doors and went home.
打个比方,在一个空气闷热的夏天,他的一家店铺所在的零售商场的空调坏了,其他的店主都关门回家了。
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conk out
(机器等)失灵,出故障