noun🔗Share线人，告密者 One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer."The police relied on several informants to gather information about the drug trafficking operation. "警察依靠几个线人来收集关于毒品走私活动的信息。policegovernmentlawcommunicationinfoChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share语料提供者，发音人 A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information."For their research on the local dialect, the linguists relied heavily on several elderly informants from the village. "为了研究当地的方言，语言学家们大量依靠了村里几位年长的语料提供者。languagelinguisticseducationpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
