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

blind item n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) an item listed in a catalogue, ledger, etc., without a description of what it is; (b) a (scandalous) story, esp. in a gossip column, which does not reveal the names of the people being discussed.

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?1858 Facts for People of Michigan! (Republican Party, Mich.) 12/1 There is a large number of blind items audited,..designated ‘sundries’, which is the only indication of their character.

1937 Washington Post 7 Mar. 3/1 No form of Hollywood gossip is half so vicious as those ‘blind items’ which are passed along to you surreptitiously over the luncheon table and behind closed doors.

1957 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 8 Oct. 4 a/6 The Treasury Dept. looked into Gibbons' books. They found some blind items which Gibbons couldn't explain publicly.

2006 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 23 Sept. That blind item I wrote some months ago about a PBA assistant coach being involved in cybersex should have served as a wake-up call.

单词	blind item
释义	> as lemmas blind item blind item n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) an item listed in a catalogue, ledger, etc., without a description of what it is; (b) a (scandalous) story, esp. in a gossip column, which does not reveal the names of the people being discussed. ΚΠ ?1858 Facts for People of Michigan! (Republican Party, Mich.) 12/1 There is a large number of blind items audited,..designated ‘sundries’, which is the only indication of their character. 1937 Washington Post 7 Mar. 3/1 No form of Hollywood gossip is half so vicious as those ‘blind items’ which are passed along to you surreptitiously over the luncheon table and behind closed doors. 1957 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 8 Oct. 4 a/6 The Treasury Dept. looked into Gibbons' books. They found some blind items which Gibbons couldn't explain publicly. 2006 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 23 Sept. That blind item I wrote some months ago about a PBA assistant coach being involved in cybersex should have served as a wake-up call. extracted from blindadj.adv. < as lemmas
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