cahoots

英 [kəˈhuːts]      美 [kəˈhuːts]
  • n. 结伙,与…共谋(cahoot的复数)
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cahoots 结伙欺骗

可能来自cohort的变体。co-, 强调,-hort, 同yard, 院子,同伴。

cahoots (n.)
1829, American English, of unknown origin; said to be perhaps from French cahute "cabin, hut" (12c.), but U.S. sources credit it to French cohorte (see cohort), a word said to have been in use in the U.S. South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates."
1. I am not having you and him in cahoots against me.
我不会让你和他勾结起来害我的。
2. In his view they were all in cahoots with the police.
照他看,他们和警察都是一伙的。
3. Some people believe that the company directors are in cahoots with the government.
有些人相信公司的董事们与政府勾结.
4. The two criminals were in cahoots ( with each other ).
那两个罪犯 ( 彼此 ) 勾结在一起.
5. The hanged captain had been in cahoots with the enemy.
被处决的上尉犯有通敌罪.