【字面理解】脫臼
【英文解析】pushed out of its correct position; not working or behaving in the normal way
【中文解析】脫臼;混亂,不正常
【典型例句】① Time is thrown completely out of joint in the opening chapters.開頭幾章的時(shí)間順序簡直全亂了套。
② The entire lineup of our team is out of joint.我們組陣容 不整,亂作一團(tuán)。
【注釋】源自莎士比亞戲劇《哈姆雷特》,相關(guān)習(xí)語:put one’s nose out of joint (使某人氣歪鼻 子;使難堪)。