poison-pen letter

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned. idiomatic
    — Miss Theresa Samuels . . . is accused by the Post Office authorities of sending scurrilous letters to young women whose engagements to marry had been publicly announced. . . . Those who received the poison pen letters were not willing to court the notoriety that would follow the prosecution of the case.

词形变化

poison-pen letters plural poison pen letter alternative
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