come a cropper informal fall heavily 〈非正式〉猛摔一跤。 ■ suffer a defeat or disaster 遭受失败; 遇到灾难： the club's challenge for the championship has come a cropper. 该俱乐部在向冠军挑战的比赛中惨遭失败。 come a ˈcropper(BrE) (informal)1(of a person人)to fall over跌倒；摔倒；栽跟头2to have a failure or near disaster失败；惨败We nearly came a cropper in the second half of the game.在比赛的下半场我们差一点就输掉了。 |