informer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
    — Being an informer often meant living in fear.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
    — 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.

词形变化

informers plural informor alternative informour alternative

词汇关系

近义词
informant
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词源

Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er.
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