Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Logrolling \Log"roll`ing\, n.
1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the
place where they were felled to the stream which floats
them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor
neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other
in turn. --Longfellow. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: A combining or mutual agreement in which one
politician supports or assists another in consideration of
receiving assistance in return; wheeling and dealing; --
sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing
political schemes or ends. [Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
logrolling
n 1: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially
trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain
passage of certain projects
2: rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
[syn: {birling}, {logrolling}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
