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词汇 switcheroo
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Definition of switcheroo in English:

switcheroo

noun ˌswɪtʃəˈruːˌswɪtʃəˈru
North American informal
  • A change, reversal, or exchange, especially a surprising or deceptive one.

    〈北美,非正式〉(尤指惊人或有欺骗性的)转变,逆变,调换

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile, Laure's accomplice employs a switcheroo, replacing the diamonds with paste-and-glass.
    • As the film drags on you realize that there's not going to be some big switcheroo or reveal.
    • Or should I take my chances and leave them in the unchecked bag, since it might make it worse if he got wise to the switcheroo?
    • But instead of the old switcheroo, I decide to wear the pumps straight to the interview.
    • As the food supply has grown increasingly complex, manufacturers have taken the old switcheroo to new heights.
    • Heaven knows that black cinema has years of bad caricature to make up for, and I got a good laugh out of the switcheroo.
    • I waited for the old switcheroo but I got the same ticket back.
    • I've got to start saving copies of these articles before the inevitable switcheroo. - Josh Marshall
    • Will late September and early October result in yet another switcheroo in the ever-fluctuating presidential polls?
    • A number of elaborate switcheroos occur - more than you'd imagine would fit into one movie, actually - and we're left wondering who's going to get the gold: the good guys or the bad guys?
    • In fact, the film does a complete switcheroo, stereotyping white people while ascending the protagonists to multi-dimensional character status.
    • In other words, the Supreme Court has already decided issue, unless a mere word switcheroo makes a legal difference.
    • The charismatic Studebaker gets a kick from pulling a quick switcheroo.
    • With its insane mix of loves-me-loves-me-nots, switcheroos, flawed motives, crooked laughs and crying babies, it is one of cinema's most buoyant genres.
    • But here's where we pull the switcheroo, here's where we totally fool everyone.
    • An intriguing variant on two enduring film ideas: the deceased sent back to the world and the body switcheroo.
    • I expected the league to create some kind of diversion while Payne pulled the old switcheroo, but there are no diversions.
    • A little casting switcheroo could have helped considerably here.
    • As ever for American movies, the body switcheroo is also a banal moral lesson.
    • One way or another, we'll get to the bottom of this postmodern switcheroo.

Origin

1930s: from the noun switch + -eroo in the sense 'unexpected'.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of switcheroo in US English:

switcheroo

nounˌswiCHəˈro͞oˌswɪtʃəˈru
North American informal
  • A change, reversal, or exchange, especially a surprising or deceptive one.

    〈北美,非正式〉(尤指惊人或有欺骗性的)转变,逆变,调换

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, the film does a complete switcheroo, stereotyping white people while ascending the protagonists to multi-dimensional character status.
    • But here's where we pull the switcheroo, here's where we totally fool everyone.
    • Will late September and early October result in yet another switcheroo in the ever-fluctuating presidential polls?
    • I waited for the old switcheroo but I got the same ticket back.
    • But instead of the old switcheroo, I decide to wear the pumps straight to the interview.
    • Heaven knows that black cinema has years of bad caricature to make up for, and I got a good laugh out of the switcheroo.
    • I've got to start saving copies of these articles before the inevitable switcheroo. - Josh Marshall
    • The charismatic Studebaker gets a kick from pulling a quick switcheroo.
    • As ever for American movies, the body switcheroo is also a banal moral lesson.
    • A little casting switcheroo could have helped considerably here.
    • As the food supply has grown increasingly complex, manufacturers have taken the old switcheroo to new heights.
    • As the film drags on you realize that there's not going to be some big switcheroo or reveal.
    • In other words, the Supreme Court has already decided issue, unless a mere word switcheroo makes a legal difference.
    • A number of elaborate switcheroos occur - more than you'd imagine would fit into one movie, actually - and we're left wondering who's going to get the gold: the good guys or the bad guys?
    • Meanwhile, Laure's accomplice employs a switcheroo, replacing the diamonds with paste-and-glass.
    • One way or another, we'll get to the bottom of this postmodern switcheroo.
    • I expected the league to create some kind of diversion while Payne pulled the old switcheroo, but there are no diversions.
    • An intriguing variant on two enduring film ideas: the deceased sent back to the world and the body switcheroo.
    • With its insane mix of loves-me-loves-me-nots, switcheroos, flawed motives, crooked laughs and crying babies, it is one of cinema's most buoyant genres.
    • Or should I take my chances and leave them in the unchecked bag, since it might make it worse if he got wise to the switcheroo?

Origin

1930s: from the noun switch + -eroo in the sense ‘unexpected’.

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