| 释义 |
postal BrE /ˈpəʊstl/
NAmE /ˈpoʊstl/
●go ˈpostal (NAmE, informal) become extremely angry or start behaving in a violent and angry way 大动肝火；大发脾气◆According to one eye witness, the man ‘went postal, and started hitting his computer’.
根据一位目击者的证词，这个人“勃然大怒，开始砸他的计算机”。 ORIGIN This expression originated in the USA in the 1990s, where there were several incidents of postal workers losing control and shooting members of the public in post offices. 这个表达法源于 20 世纪 90 年代美国出现的几起邮政员工情绪失控，在邮局里向公众开枪的事件。 |
