英[kə'pʊt]美[kə'pʊt]
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来自德语kaputt，毁掉的，失去的，来自法语capot，帽子，词源同cap.可能来自一种赌博游戏或水手俚语，委婉的指翻船，因船翻后如同一顶帽子而引申该词义。
adjective(形容词)
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adjective(形容词)
小知识
Something that's kaput is broken, dead, or worthless. When your old car is finally kaput, it's not even worth fixing.
You can use the adjective kaput to describe things that have stopped working as well as those that are utterly destroyed: “After the war, the whole village was basically kaput.” You might have a fight with a pal and feel like your friendship is kaput, or quit your job and say, “Well, my career as a grocery bagger is kaput.” The word comes from the German kaputt, “destroyed or lost.”