| 单词 | stooge |
| 释义 | stooge I. 1. < insults a stooge in the audience — A.J.Liebling > < some boy would play … stooge to him in order that this masterstroke of wit should be demonstrated — Robertson Davies > 2. a. < under such conditions directors are likely to be nothing more than paid stooges with far less independence of thought and action — Corporate Concentration & Public Policy > < the editor driven into exile … and the hoax of a newspaper perpetrated with the help of stooges — B.E.Nelson > specifically < activities of their stooges in the countries of western and southern Europe — J.B.Reston > b. < a belief that dominion statesmen were … mere stooges for astute imperialist rulers — D.W.Brogan > < master strategists have infiltrated … stooges into the government — Atlantic > 3. < the company police … have stooges watching every move I make — Lawrence Lader > < detectives began contacting informers … in hopes that one of these stooges would help put the finger on the elusive bandit — Ray Strinnett > II. 1. < stooged for the comedian before starting his own show > < congressmen who stooge for the oil and mineral interests — New Republic > 2. < two hours of stooging it … 16,000 feet would find you utterly numb and stiff when you landed — J.R.D.Braham > — usually used with around < stooging around over the sea in all weathers — Ralph Michaelis > |
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