insider

名词 n.
/ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/|/ˈɪnsaɪdɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
    — Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué
  2. A person who is within an enclosed space.
    — To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.

词形变化

insiders plural

词源

Etymology tree
Middle English ynneside
English inside
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English insider
From inside + -er.
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