| 单词 | potboiler |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pɔtbɔilə(r)] |
| 解释 | n. 粗制滥造的文艺作品 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | potboiler (n.) also pot-boiler, 1864 in the figurative literary sense, from pot (n.1) + agent noun from boil (v.). The notion is of something one writes solely to put food on the table. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (为混饭吃而粗制滥造的)文艺作品; 作家; 画家 【记】pot瓶子, boiler(n 锅炉): 为了吃饭的家伙干活－potboiler 【类】doggerel: verse = potboiler: article歪诗是粗略的诗 = 粗制的作品是粗略的艺术品 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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