schmear

英 [ʃmɪə] 美
  • n. 贿赂;事情
  • vt. 贿赂;贪污

英英释义


1. (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together;
"he bought the whole schmeer"

词组搭配


the whole schmear

everything possible or available; every aspect of the situation

可得到的一切;事情的方方面面

I'm going for the whole schmear.

我要去了解整个事件。

英文词源


schmear (n.)
1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from Middle High German smiren, from Old High German smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); compare slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire affair" is attested from 1969, originally show business jargon,