英语词汇“loose lips”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

loose lips n. used to indicate or to inhibit a tendency to speak indiscreetly or reveal secrets.Frequently in the phrase loose lips sink ships, with allusion to the slogan ‘loose lips might sink ships’ used on American propaganda posters during the Second World War (1939–45).

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1863 C. M. Smith Dead Lock 44 By what right was she subjected to..coarse criticisms.., and her name bandied from loose lips to serve as the theme of a sorry jest or a wanton sarcasm?

1942 Washington Post 24 May vi. 4/3 When the girl told ‘Mr. District Attorney’ her story, he worked back to the point of the original contact, trapped the Nazi spy leader, and proved in dramatic form that ‘loose lips cost lives’.

1963 Washington Post 19 Apr. d11/4 ‘Loose lips sink ships.’ This maxim could have been put to profitable use by West who..virtually charted his opponent's course for him.

1994 W. D. Barndt User-directed Competitive Intelligence 71 This information is..compromised..by people—by loose lips and by those who will indulge in the universal propensity to talk about what they do.

2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) v. 85 I don't want anyone on the enquiry with loose lips.

单词	loose lips
释义	> as lemmas loose lips loose lips n. used to indicate or to inhibit a tendency to speak indiscreetly or reveal secrets.Frequently in the phrase loose lips sink ships, with allusion to the slogan ‘loose lips might sink ships’ used on American propaganda posters during the Second World War (1939–45). ΚΠ 1863 C. M. Smith Dead Lock 44 By what right was she subjected to..coarse criticisms.., and her name bandied from loose lips to serve as the theme of a sorry jest or a wanton sarcasm? 1942 Washington Post 24 May vi. 4/3 When the girl told ‘Mr. District Attorney’ her story, he worked back to the point of the original contact, trapped the Nazi spy leader, and proved in dramatic form that ‘loose lips cost lives’. 1963 Washington Post 19 Apr. d11/4 ‘Loose lips sink ships.’ This maxim could have been put to profitable use by West who..virtually charted his opponent's course for him. 1994 W. D. Barndt User-directed Competitive Intelligence 71 This information is..compromised..by people—by loose lips and by those who will indulge in the universal propensity to talk about what they do. 2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) v. 85 I don't want anyone on the enquiry with loose lips. extracted from looseadj.n.²adv. < as lemmas
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