| 单词 | weasel word |
| 释义 | weasel wordSEE SYNONYMS FOR weasel word ON THESAURUS.COM nouna word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing. Origin of weasel wordAn Americanism dating back to 1895–1900 OTHER WORDS FROM weasel wordweasel-worded, adjectiveWords nearby weasel wordweary, weasand, weasel, weaselly, weasel out, weasel word, weasel words, weather, weatherability, weather advisory, weather balloon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weasel word
Idioms and Phrases with weasel wordweasel word A word used to deprive a statement of its force or evade a direct commitment, as in Calling it “organized spontaneity” is using a weasel word; “organized” has sucked the meaning out of “spontaneity.” This idiom may allude to the weasel's habit of sucking the contents out of a bird's egg, so that only the shell remains. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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