“Teapot Dome”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Teapot Dome

释义

Teapot Dome|ˈtiːpɒt dəʊm|
The name of a naval oil reserve in Wyoming, irregularly leased by the U.S. Government in 1922, used attrib. and absol. to designate the resulting political scandal and, allusively, any similar later scandal.
1936F. D. Roosevelt Nothing to Fear (1947) 64 In spite of all the demand for speed, the complexity of the problem and all the vast sums of money involved, we have had no Teapot Dome.1973New Yorker 28 Apr. 31/2 Senator Barry Goldwater made his statement: ‘The Watergate. The Watergate. It's beginning to be like Teapot Dome.’1977Time 23 May 54/2 In an era of Teapot Dome and bathtub gin, he [sc. Lindbergh] seemed to Americans a cleaner, sharper version of themselves.

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