English Dictionary

clapped out

adj

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Exhausted, worn out.

The old car is clapped out and needs to be replaced.

意味（1）

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Exhausted, worn out.

Accusations of letting a service run down deliberately will always be made if, to quote one local case, a mostly empty mid-day train continues to run, while in the same service an early morning train is discontinued, causing: (a) six men to lose their jobs; (b) four men to go on to permanent night shift by the grace of their employer; and (c) four others to buy a clapped-out van between them to get to work.