wet work

短语

发音

US

别名

wetwork

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A covert assassination performed by government operatives.

    委婉 不可数 政治 军事

    2010, RED Joe: Victoria was the best wet work operator the Agency ever had. Woman 1: What does that mean? Victoria: I killed people, dearie.

  2. 2.

    Work within a gang or organization that involves killing or attacking people, for assassination or intimidation.

    不可数 引申义
  3. 3.

    Cleaning tasks that involve scrubbing with cleansers.

    不可数

词源

Calque of Russian мо́крое де́ло (mókroje délo).

来源：wiktionary