| 单词 | trigger man |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrigger man trigger man n. slang (chiefly U.S.) a gunman; a hired thug or bodyguard; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > killer with gun torpedo1929 trigger man1930 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person > hired brave1606 bravo1609 myrmidon1647 bully rook1673 bully1703 striker1836 night-rider1856 bully boy1881 strong arm1893 trigger man1930 goon1938 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 458/2 Trigger man, an assassin; a body guard. ‘He's trigger man for Big Tony.’ 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Aug. 13/1 I was the triggerman in both hold-ups. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom iii. 42 A graceful, self-possessed, cat-like walk..the tread of the trigger-man. 1974 Times 2 May 6/5 P[resident]... You feel that really the trigger man was really Colson on this thing? D[ean] No... He was just in the chain. 1977 Hongkong Standard 12 Apr. 9/3 He was said to be a senior triggerman—an overseer of ‘hit men’—for reputed mob boss Anthony ‘Big Tuna’ Accardo. 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Mar. 9/3 The triggerman of this slim but explosive volume is described on the cover as ‘formerly professor of Romance languages and literatures at Harvard University, where he is now emeritus professor’. < as lemmas |
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