swiftboat

词形变化

swiftboats 复数 swiftboated swiftboating swiftboats 三单 swiftboats swiftboating 现在分词 swiftboated 过去式 swiftboated 过去分词

别名

swift boat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways.

  2. 2.

    A smear campaign based on specious claims.

    定语
v.
  1. 1.

    To attack a politician with specious claims.

    美国 贬义 及物 政治
  2. 2.

    To smear; to attack someone or something's reputation using slander, misrepresentation, or false accusations.

    引申义

词源

Uncertain: Possibly, swift + boat, or possibly based on an acronym for Shallow Water Inshore Fast Tactical Craft. The use as a political term derives from a smear campaign against John Kerry when Texas tycoon Robert J. Perry hired several Navy swiftboat veterans to form the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which questioned the legitimacy of Kerry's status as a war hero.

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