| 单词 | smoke-filled room |
| 释义 | smoke-filled room[ smohk-fild, -fild ] / ˈsmoʊkˌfɪld, -ˈfɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smoke-filled room ON THESAURUS.COM nouna place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc. Origin of smoke-filled roomFirst recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby smoke-filled roomsmoke dome, smoke-dried, smoked rubber, smoke-dry, smoke-eater, smoke-filled room, smokeho, smokehouse, smokejack, smokejumper, smokeless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for smoke-filled roomsmoke-filled room A popular expression used to describe a place where the political wheeling and dealing of machine bosses (see machine politics) is conducted. The image originated during the Republican presidential nominating convention of 1920, in which Warren G. Harding emerged as a dark horse candidate. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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