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schmear是什么意思

schmear

英 [ʃmɪə] 美
  • n. 贿赂;事情
  • vt. 贿赂;贪污

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schmear (n.)
1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from Middle High German smiren, from Old High German smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); compare slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire affair" is attested from 1969, originally show business jargon,

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