英语词汇“to come in from the cold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. to come in from the cold: (of a spy) to return from a position of isolation and concealment as an agent in enemy territory; (hence more generally of a person, group, or nation) to emerge from a period of isolation, to be received or welcomed back into a wider community; (of an activity, idea, etc.) to move towards widespread acceptance.Popularized by ‘John le Carré’ (quot. 1963) with punning reference to espionage during the Cold War; in extended use after the title of this novel.

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1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold ii. 19 One can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold.

1964 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. 27/4 The commissar..imported another [baseball] club from Cuba. The Cubans, if you'll forgive the weather reversal in the idea, were glad to come in from the cold. They..promptly defected.

1971 Observer 31 Jan. 10/7 Bank shares, for so long the orphans of the stock market, started coming in from the cold last week.

1985 Oxford Mail 25 Feb. 8/2 Naturism is a leisure activity that is coming in from the cold... Membership of the Oxford Club has boomed.

1988 M. Moon Small Boy & Others iv. 112 Gay people began ‘coming in from the cold’ in large numbers in the fifties and sixties.

1996 Observer 29 Dec. 11/2 For the first time in 60 years, architects have come in from the cold—no longer a profession trapped in paranoid isolation..but one that has suddenly been propelled centre stage.

2004 N.Y. Times 31 July a17/5 Colonel Qaddafi brought Libya in from the cold..because he was afraid of losing his grip on power.

单词	to come in from the cold
释义	> as lemmas to come in from the cold P4. to come in from the cold: (of a spy) to return from a position of isolation and concealment as an agent in enemy territory; (hence more generally of a person, group, or nation) to emerge from a period of isolation, to be received or welcomed back into a wider community; (of an activity, idea, etc.) to move towards widespread acceptance.Popularized by ‘John le Carré’ (quot. 1963) with punning reference to espionage during the Cold War; in extended use after the title of this novel. ΚΠ 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold ii. 19 One can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold. 1964 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. 27/4 The commissar..imported another [baseball] club from Cuba. The Cubans, if you'll forgive the weather reversal in the idea, were glad to come in from the cold. They..promptly defected. 1971 Observer 31 Jan. 10/7 Bank shares, for so long the orphans of the stock market, started coming in from the cold last week. 1985 Oxford Mail 25 Feb. 8/2 Naturism is a leisure activity that is coming in from the cold... Membership of the Oxford Club has boomed. 1988 M. Moon Small Boy & Others iv. 112 Gay people began ‘coming in from the cold’ in large numbers in the fifties and sixties. 1996 Observer 29 Dec. 11/2 For the first time in 60 years, architects have come in from the cold—no longer a profession trapped in paranoid isolation..but one that has suddenly been propelled centre stage. 2004 N.Y. Times 31 July a17/5 Colonel Qaddafi brought Libya in from the cold..because he was afraid of losing his grip on power. extracted from coldn. < as lemmas
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