| 单词 | caucus |
| 释义 | caucus /kaw"keuhs/, n. , pl. caucuses, v. n. 1. U.S. Politics. a. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. b. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. c. (often cap.) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus. 2. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause. v.i. 3. to hold or meet in a caucus. v.t. 4. to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus: The subject was caucused. The group caucused the meeting. [1755-65, Amer.; appar. first used in the name of the Caucus Club of colonial Boston; perh. < ML caucus drinking vessel, LL caucum < Gk kaûkos; alleged Virginia Algonquian orig. less probable] |
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