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."
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The two criminals were in cahoots ( with each other ).
那两个罪犯 ( 彼此 ) 勾结在一起.
来自辞典例句
5. The hanged captain had been in cahoots with the enemy.
