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conk out
phrasal verb with conkverb[ T ] informalhumorousuk /kɒŋk/ us /kɑːŋk/
informal
If vehicles and other machines conk out, they stop working or fail suddenly: （车辆或其他机器）突然出故障，停止运转，突然失灵
I was just two miles from home when my motorbike conked out!我出门刚骑了两英里，我的摩托车就突然出了故障！
to go to sleep very quickly, or to suddenly become unconscious: 倒头睡去;突然不省人事
After a six-hour flight and a long day of meetings, it's not surprising you conked out.坐了6个小时的飞机，又开了一天的会，难怪你倒头就睡着了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Machines - not functioning
act up
balky
blooey
break down
broken
brokenness
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fail
flat
malfunction
outage
power (something) down
seize
seize up
short circuit
shot
shudder
shut
whack
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conk out | American Dictionary
conk out
phrasal verb with conkverb[ T ] infmlus/kɑŋk, kɔŋk/
infml
(of a machine or engine) to stop working or fail suddenly, or (of a person) to go to sleep:
My radio conked out again.
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