| 释义 |
white-ˈant, v. Chiefly Austral.
[f. prec.]
trans. To destroy in the manner of termites or white ants; to undermine, eat away, or sabotage.
1925Glasgow Herald 14 Nov. 9/6 The extremists..have deliberately ‘white-anted’ the Labour movement..and squandered the funds of the wealthy unions. 1952L. Overacker Austral. Party System vi. 182 The Communists have ‘white anted’ the unions, elected their members to offices in the Miners' Federation, the waterside workers' and ironworkers' unions, and developed ‘shop committees’ as basic units in the factories. 1962R. Wallis Point of Origin 96 After hearing..about me..he decided he'd have to do his duty as a gentleman and tell Rockdale he was being white-anted. 1968D. Ireland Chantic Bird xi. 102 Television had white-anted their audiences, and they had to use the place for other things besides films.
Hence white-ˈanted ppl. a., white-ˈanting vbl. n.
1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xx. 205 The piece of the boat is five feet long and is made of soft wood, badly white-anted. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. xiv. 245 White-anting. 1950D. Cusack Comets Soon Pass in Three Austral. Three-Act Plays ii. ii. 55 Dr. John. Each man must find his own pole to swing to. I have found mine. Mrs. Ellington-Brown. I think that's too wonderful, so mystic. Talbot. White-anting society! Jack Smith. Too mystic for my taste, Doc. I think you've got to get out and fight for things. 1973Sydney Morning Herald 30 Aug. 6/4 We are promised largesse in the form of harbour⁓side parks in the same breath as the white-anting of a remote scenic gorge is sanctioned. |
