whistle-blow

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower). rare
    — It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.

词形变化

whistle-blows present,singular,third-person whistle-blowing participle,present whistle-blew past whistle-blown participle,past whistleblow alternative

词源

Back-formation from whistleblowing or whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.
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