请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 deep throat
释义

Definition of deep throat in English:

deep throat

noun
  • A person who anonymously supplies information about covert or illegal action in the organization where they work.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Criticized readily by deep throats around the NFL - for everything from his office schedule to player acquisition - he is essentially ‘playing for his contract’ in 2004.
    • All our deep throats and contacts are dishing the dirt.
    • ‘These are extraordinary powers for a Parliament to bestow on a Minister,’ our legal deep throat says.
    • It will take between 12 and 18 months for them to deliver commercial parts,’ the site's deep throat alleges.
    • The company's spin, relayed by the LA Times' over-enthusiastic and, we suspect, quasi-official deep throat, is that music executives are excited over how easy to use the new service is.
    • Most people in the business and journalistic industry still believe he was the deep throat for the February 22, 2004 expose of one company's designs on another.
    • Sources, friends and deep throats are lining up to say this is the end.
    • Other bugs may yet emerge, our deep throat warns.
    • Except, of course, that by buying Psion, Palm would get a next-generation OS for itself, so that's possibly less of an issue than APX's (senior, we suspect) Psion deep throat believes.
    • I haven't paid very much attention to the deep throat revelations, because to me this is all ancient history - interesting, you know, but not important.

Origin

1970s: the title of a pornographic film of 1972, first applied in this sense as the name (‘Deep Throat’) of an informant in the Watergate scandal.

 
 

Definition of deep throat in US English:

deep throat

noundiːpˈθrəʊt
  • A person who anonymously supplies information about covert or illegal action in the organization where they work.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most people in the business and journalistic industry still believe he was the deep throat for the February 22, 2004 expose of one company's designs on another.
    • All our deep throats and contacts are dishing the dirt.
    • Other bugs may yet emerge, our deep throat warns.
    • The company's spin, relayed by the LA Times' over-enthusiastic and, we suspect, quasi-official deep throat, is that music executives are excited over how easy to use the new service is.
    • It will take between 12 and 18 months for them to deliver commercial parts,’ the site's deep throat alleges.
    • Criticized readily by deep throats around the NFL - for everything from his office schedule to player acquisition - he is essentially ‘playing for his contract’ in 2004.
    • I haven't paid very much attention to the deep throat revelations, because to me this is all ancient history - interesting, you know, but not important.
    • ‘These are extraordinary powers for a Parliament to bestow on a Minister,’ our legal deep throat says.
    • Sources, friends and deep throats are lining up to say this is the end.
    • Except, of course, that by buying Psion, Palm would get a next-generation OS for itself, so that's possibly less of an issue than APX's (senior, we suspect) Psion deep throat believes.

Origin

1970s: the title of a pornographic film of 1972, first applied in this sense as the name (‘Deep Throat’) of an informant in the Watergate scandal.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 12:36:35