单词 | loose cannon |
释义 | loose cannon loose cannon n.Slang (名词)【俚语】 One that is uncontrolled and therefore poses danger:未受控制而构成威胁的:“&I{[His]} bloopers in the White House seem to make him . . . a political loose cannon” (&b{Tom Morgenthau})“ 在白宫大出洋相似乎使他成为…一门政治上的松散大炮” (汤姆·摩根叟)语源:[From the threat posed by loose cannon rolling about a warship under sail] [源于战舰帆下滚动的有轮大炮所构成的威胁] |
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