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cahoots

英 [kə'huːts] 美 [kə'huts]

解释

n. 结伙，与…共谋（cahoot的复数）

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中文词源

cahoots 结伙欺骗

可能来自cohort的变体。co-, 强调，-hort, 同yard, 院子，同伴。

英文词源

cahoots (n.): 1829, American English, of unknown origin; said to be perhaps from French cahute "cabin, hut" (12c.), but U.S. sources credit it to French cohorte (see cohort), a word said to have been in use in the U.S. South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates."

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例句和用法

1. I am not having you and him in cahoots against me.: 我不会让你和他勾结起来害我的。

2. In his view they were all in cahoots with the police.: 照他看，他们和警察都是一伙的。

3. Some people believe that the company directors are in cahoots with the government.: 有些人相信公司的董事们与政府勾结.

4. The two criminals were in cahoots ( with each other ).: 那两个罪犯 ( 彼此 ) 勾结在一起.

5. The hanged captain had been in cahoots with the enemy.: 被处决的上尉犯有通敌罪.