英语词汇“idb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

I.D.B. n. illicit diamond buyer, buying.

1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal II. xlii. 520 ‘The fellow had money there, with which he turned I.D.B.’ ‘What's that?’..‘Illicit diamond buyer.’

1886 W. M. Kerr Far Interior I. i. 15 In spite of the vigilance of the detective department a great deal of illicit diamond buying is successfully carried on; hence the well-known ‘IDB’, which refers to the illegal trade.

1891 E. Glanville Fossicker xxix They have given an unenviable reputation to three letters of the alphabet—I.D.B., which mean ‘Illicit Diamond Buyers’, and refer to some of the most cunning and most unscrupulous rascals in creation.

1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 55 ‘You know what an I.D.B. is?’ ‘Illicit Diamond Buyer?’ ‘Exactly.’

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 565/1 Since 1888 a special Court has been held at Kimberley for trying cases relating to illicit diamond buying (‘I.D.B.’).

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) ii. i. 122 Barmentrude..used to be an I.D.B.—an illicit diamond buyer.

1917 New Statesman 17 Nov. 150/1 To represent the typical Bolshevik as a German agent..is just as clever and fair as to try to make out that an I.D.B. from the Rand..is the type of a British Imperialist.

1972 P. Driscoll Wilby Conspiracy (1973) xiii. 163 He does a bit of IDB on the side. So what? He's a jeweller.

单词	idb
释义	> as lemmas I.D.B. I.D.B. n. illicit diamond buyer, buying. Π 1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal II. xlii. 520 ‘The fellow had money there, with which he turned I.D.B.’ ‘What's that?’..‘Illicit diamond buyer.’ 1886 W. M. Kerr Far Interior I. i. 15 In spite of the vigilance of the detective department a great deal of illicit diamond buying is successfully carried on; hence the well-known ‘IDB’, which refers to the illegal trade. 1891 E. Glanville Fossicker xxix They have given an unenviable reputation to three letters of the alphabet—I.D.B., which mean ‘Illicit Diamond Buyers’, and refer to some of the most cunning and most unscrupulous rascals in creation. 1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 55 ‘You know what an I.D.B. is?’ ‘Illicit Diamond Buyer?’ ‘Exactly.’ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 565/1 Since 1888 a special Court has been held at Kimberley for trying cases relating to illicit diamond buying (‘I.D.B.’). 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) ii. i. 122 Barmentrude..used to be an I.D.B.—an illicit diamond buyer. 1917 New Statesman 17 Nov. 150/1 To represent the typical Bolshevik as a German agent..is just as clever and fair as to try to make out that an I.D.B. from the Rand..is the type of a British Imperialist. 1972 P. Driscoll Wilby Conspiracy (1973) xiii. 163 He does a bit of IDB on the side. So what? He's a jeweller. extracted from In.¹ < as lemmas
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