单词 | europudding |
释义 | > as lemmasEuropudding Europudding n. Brit. /ˈjʊərə(ʊ)ˌpʊdɪŋ/ , /ˈjɔːrə(ʊ)ˌpʊdɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈjəroʊˌpʊdɪŋ/ , /ˈjʊroʊˌpʊdɪŋ/ colloquial (depreciative) a television programme or (esp.) a film produced by and starring people from several different European nations, and hence often considered to be lacking in coherence, individuality, or authenticity; cf. pudding n. 10b.ΚΠ 1985 Guardian 25 July 30/6 Mr Isaacs sternly warns against the danger of a ‘Euro pudding’. Each series will have a clear national identity and will be the responsibility of a single station. 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 217/2 Half-cocked, mortifying movies of the sort Grant calls Europuddings—‘where you would have a French script, a Spanish director, and English actors’. < as lemmas |
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