单词 | special correspondent |
释义 | > as lemmasspecial correspondent special correspondent n. a journalist who writes for a newspaper on special events or a special area of interest; (hence) special-correspondently adv.special-correspondently is apparently an isolated use by Kipling. ΚΠ 1821 St. James's Chron. 16 Aug. We have extracted from the Irish papers and the communications of our own special correspondent, a number of interesting particulars connected with his Majesty's visit. 1856 Men of the Time 687 He was deputed to be the special correspondent of the ‘Times’ in the Crimea. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 86 It suited him to talk special-correspondently. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest xxiii. 235 A big-city paper or two are sending in special correspondents. 1976 Economist 29 May 11/1 Our special correspondent describes..Indians' strange passive unresistance. 2008 Vanity Fair May 74/3 This month Vanity Fair special correspondent Matt Tyrnauer explores the daring vision of two architects. < as lemmas |
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