smoking gun

短语

n. 确切的证据

发音

AU

词形变化

smoking guns 复数 smoking guns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.

    习语

    We have a theory, but we haven't found a smoking gun yet.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

evidence

词源

Often traced back to the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Gloria Scott.

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