单词 | keyhole view |
释义 | > as lemmaskeyhole view a. General attributive, with reference or allusion to the action of eavesdropping or spying through a keyhole, or to the private or intimate information thereby obtained, as keyhole journalism, keyhole prospect, keyhole reporting, keyhole view, etc. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvii. 92 The key-hole prospect was but a crooked and sinister one. 1862 N.Y. Tribune 25 Feb. Listening to key-hole revelations, and hugger-muggering with disappointed politicians. 1886 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 10 June 4/1 The editor of The New York Evening Post..very properly denounces such ‘keyhole journalism’. 1934 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 6 Jan. 6/4 The picture..is a keyhole view of the real Hollywood.__ 1965 Listener 22 July 119/1 I am not talking about what we politely call ‘keyhole reporting’. 1989 Economist 25 Mar. 140/1 A successful piece of keyhole-television..will explore a topic abrasively with a panel of guests. 2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Sept. t1 We descend one last staircase to view the arch itself. Rough and unpolished, it shines golden in the sun, offering a keyhole view of the aquamarine sea. < as lemmas |
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