时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  在以警察破案为题材的影片中,我们经常会看到的一个角色就是一个罪犯,为了保全自己性命而向警察告密。你知道在英语中哪个词可以专指这样的罪犯吗?这个词就是stool pigeon.


  Stool pigeon最早起源于美国,表示“诱捕用的鸽子,诱饵”。原来北美以前有一种候鸽,19世纪初时约有50亿只,由于这种鸽肉细味鲜,结果被人大量捕捉直至灭绝。最后一只叫Martha的候鸽死于1914年美国辛辛那提动物园中,享年29岁。从此,这种动物成了在书本上被人描绘的东西。


  在当年十分猖獗的捕鸽狂潮中,人们为了轻易捕捉到鸽子,就把一只鸽子系在凳子上,这只受惊的鸽子在苦苦挣扎时会吸引其它的鸽子,这样就使捕捉变得更加容易。


  在19世纪早期,Stool pigeon变成了一个俚语,最开始的意思是“为收集情报而潜入犯罪分子内部的卧底警察,密探”。到20世纪初,它又有了新的意思:“a criminal who informs on his ilk to save his own skin”。



学英语单词
a moving force
achaenocarp
active tonnage
alinating
Aq. astr.
asceticss
Auad, Ras
automatic zero-set circuit
baule's equation
be weary of
bromborough
Bubulu
bull-holder
caf
chargeable assets
cinchopen
circular list structure
cluster roll
consperse
contractee
cross-verification
cryoprison
curtain kiln
curve crank
dipotassium phosphate
drop the veil
duffel
electrical drill
Erianthus formosanus
ethylphenylcarbarmate
extended coupon
family lacertidaes
fariss
fern-leaves
fourth window
fridrikas
groovelike
hay conditioners
high-Albite
highly specialized personnel
hillwood
hoppus tons
hypopietic
indulins
information technology infrastructure
is present in
jaialai
Kabinu
kalamatianos (greece)
Kapalukha
karlo
laser-tissue
lateen-rigs
literacy education
low-noise motor
multi-centered compound curve
natural language and literature
negative thixotropy
network reconfiguration
nifesima
no risk till on board
nuclear fuel conversion
once-barren
out-tech
paradiazine
partial sterilization
pipeline control
playtes
pres-needle
pressure boiler
print-meter
pure binary
radiating dikes
ralik
rassemblements
redonda
resin system
river crab
romands
rosin glycerin ester
scale of temperature
single extraction
single-phase current locomotive
small ale
spikers
spore suspension
staybridge
steroid-sparing
subsistit
sulcus anuli tympanici
sulfuric dioxide
supervisory regime
Tear is the fluid of the liver
tetradecynic acid
ultradiazin
unfezable
Usuki-wan
V-cillin
vatican cities
wave-wave resonant effect
where-are-they-now