informant
[in'fɔ:mənt]
n.通知者, 密告者, 为语言研究提供资料的人
例句与用法:
Police hurried to the address supplied by their informant, only to learn that their bird had flown less than an hour before.
警察急忙赶到告密者提供的地址处,只获悉他们要捉的人一小时不到前已逃走了。
A person, especially an informant, who communicates something.
传递信息的人传达某事的人,尤指密告者
The journalist did not want to reveal the identity of his informant.
那个新闻工作者不想透露消息提供人的身分。
词形变化:
名词复数: informalities |
详细释义:
n.[C]
1. 消息(或情报)提供者; 告密者
2. (为语言学调查)提供资料的讲本地话的人