spad

矿山井下测量用钉

词形变化

spads 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A government adviser, often in a political or media role.

    英国 非正式 政治

    The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

  2. 1.

    A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

    商务 采矿
  3. 1.

    Clipping of spadona/spadone.

词源

Shortening of special adviser.

来源：wiktionary