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单词 loose cannon
释义 loose cannonn.Slang(名词)【俚语】
  1. One that is uncontrolled and therefore poses danger:未受控制而构成威胁的:[His] bloopers in the White House seem to make him . . . a political loose cannon" (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)
Etymology语源
  1. [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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