white-ant

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

white-anted white-anting white-ants 三单 white-ants white-anting 现在分词 white-anted 过去式 white-anted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bring down from within; to undermine.

    澳大利亚 非正式

    The white-anting of ATSIC has been brought about by the usual suspects.

    If someone undermines you at work you might say they were "white-anting" you.

词源

From white ant (“termite”), suggesting the action of termites eating the inside of wooden building foundations, often leaving no outward evidence until the structure begins to crumble.

来源：wiktionary