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

a. Emitting or giving out smoke. Also figurative, spec. as smoking gun, smoking pistol (U.S.), a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > emitting smoke

reekingOE

smoky1310

smokingc1374

smooking?a1513

fumish1574

smouldering1577

smeekyc1600

smudgy1878

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > incontrovertible or incriminating

goods1771

corpus delicti1922

smoking pistol1974

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > incriminating

smoking pistol1974

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) i. metr. iv. 12 Þe vnstable mountaigne þat hyȝt veseuus, þat wircheþ oute..smokyng fires.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xii. 20 He shal nat quenche smokynge flax.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. vii. 55 The forneis was al enflammed with smokyng fyre.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A2 Ere Sol had..slakte his smoaking Charriot in her floud.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fumeau, a brand, or smoaking sticke.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 458 Clambring over mountaines of yet smoking rubbish.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 171 The prospect of the smoking ruins.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. viii. 124 This day have ye quenched seven smoking hearths.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 93 The chaplain stood with a smoking pistol in his hand.

figurative.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 331 Lanfrank..despisede þe smokynge..speche of mysbyleved men.1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. C4 Hir heart offred smoaking thoughtes to Venus.a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 171 Our smoking desires for a more strict union..did break forth into a vehement flame.1974 New Yorker 21 Oct. 135/1 Some are still searching for what has come to be termed ‘the murder weapon’—or ‘the smoking gun’—the definitive piece of evidence that the President committed a crime.1975 Collier's Year Bk. 10/2 After the new transcripts were disclosed..members of Congress abandoned Nixon in droves. ‘I guess we have found the smoking pistol, haven't we?’ asked Representative Barber Conable.1976 B. Woodward & C. Bernstein Final Days 269 Buzhardt felt that here was a potential smoking gun.1976 B. Woodward & C. Bernstein Final Days 271 He had heard the President approve the plan, he had heard him suggest the exact wording. Buzhardt had found the ‘smoking pistol’. He had heard the President load it, aim and fire.1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 24/2 In fact, there may well be no ‘smoking gun’—no incontrovertible, black-and-white evidence of wrongdoing by Lance.1979 N.Y. Times 12 Jan. D14 We haven't got a smoking pistol. Unfortunately, everyone is zeroing in on this as a cause, but the case isn't that strong.

单词	smoking gun
释义	> as lemmas smoking gun a. Emitting or giving out smoke. Also figurative, spec. as smoking gun, smoking pistol (U.S.), a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > emitting smoke reekingOE smoky1310 smokingc1374 smooking?a1513 fumish1574 smouldering1577 smeekyc1600 smudgy1878 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > incontrovertible or incriminating goods1771 corpus delicti1922 smoking pistol1974 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > incriminating smoking pistol1974 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) i. metr. iv. 12 Þe vnstable mountaigne þat hyȝt veseuus, þat wircheþ oute..smokyng fires. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xii. 20 He shal nat quenche smokynge flax. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. vii. 55 The forneis was al enflammed with smokyng fyre. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A2 Ere Sol had..slakte his smoaking Charriot in her floud. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fumeau, a brand, or smoaking sticke. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 458 Clambring over mountaines of yet smoking rubbish. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 171 The prospect of the smoking ruins. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. viii. 124 This day have ye quenched seven smoking hearths. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 93 The chaplain stood with a smoking pistol in his hand. figurative.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 331 Lanfrank..despisede þe smokynge..speche of mysbyleved men.1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. C4 Hir heart offred smoaking thoughtes to Venus.a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 171 Our smoking desires for a more strict union..did break forth into a vehement flame.1974 New Yorker 21 Oct. 135/1 Some are still searching for what has come to be termed ‘the murder weapon’—or ‘the smoking gun’—the definitive piece of evidence that the President committed a crime.1975 Collier's Year Bk. 10/2 After the new transcripts were disclosed..members of Congress abandoned Nixon in droves. ‘I guess we have found the smoking pistol, haven't we?’ asked Representative Barber Conable.1976 B. Woodward & C. Bernstein Final Days 269 Buzhardt felt that here was a potential smoking gun.1976 B. Woodward & C. Bernstein Final Days 271 He had heard the President approve the plan, he had heard him suggest the exact wording. Buzhardt had found the ‘smoking pistol’. He had heard the President load it, aim and fire.1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 24/2 In fact, there may well be no ‘smoking gun’—no incontrovertible, black-and-white evidence of wrongdoing by Lance.1979 N.Y. Times 12 Jan. D14 We haven't got a smoking pistol. Unfortunately, everyone is zeroing in on this as a cause, but the case isn't that strong. extracted from smokingadj. < as lemmas
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