| 单词 | plain-clothed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplain-clothed plain-clothed adj. (chiefly of a police officer) wearing ordinary clothes as work clothes, as opposed to a uniform; also figurative. ΚΠ 1886 W. Carleton City Ballads 113 Plain-clothed Truth is always standing round, Or following rogues through every land and clime, And gets them, if you'll only give him time. 1906 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 7/2 Inspector Scantlebury..summoning a policeman or two, and a few plain-clothed detectives, ordered the suffragists to quit the hall. 1994 N.Y. Times Mag. 27 Nov. 63/3 The plainclothed spies and bodyguards of the secret police units. < as lemmas |
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