单词 | qui vive |
释义 | qui vive ![]() n. Idiom: A sentry's challenge. on the qui vive On the alert; vigilant: "a loathsome Dublin politico who is on the qui vive for ... terrorists" (Julian Moynahan). [French, (long) live who? (a sentry's challenge to determine a person's political sympathies) : qui, who + vive, third person sing. present subjunctive of vivre, to live.] |
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