nark
英 [nɑ?k]
- vi. 密告；作眼線
- n. 密探，告密者；警察的眼線
- vt. 密告；作線民
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
nark 警察的線人，密告
來自梵語nakra,鼻子，詞源同nares,nasal,nose.俚語義好打聽的，警察的線人。
英文詞源
- nark
- 1859, "to act as a police informer" (v.); 1860, "police informer" (n.), probably from Romany nak "nose," from Hindi nak, from Sanskrit nakra, which probably is related to Sanskrit nasa "nose" (see nose (n.)). Sense and spelling tending to merge with etymologically unrelated narc (q.v.).
雙語例句
- 1. It's just a little Below the full nark. It'll take about a quart.
- 剛好略低于注滿標(biāo)記. 需要再加大約1夸脫.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語
- 2. Fred is a nark. He squealed.
- 弗雷德是警方的眼線,是他告的密.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. A nark cant keep something in dark.
- 一個(gè)告密者是不會(huì)守秘密的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)