| 单词 | fish-wrap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfish-wrap fish-wrap adj. and n. North American colloquial (depreciative) (a) adj. of, relating to, or designating a low-quality publication, esp. a newspaper; (b) n. ephemeral printed matter which lacks (lasting) worth (considered as useful only for wrapping fish). ΚΠ 1964 S. Martinelli Let. 5 Aug. in C. Bukowski & S. Martinelli Beerspit Night & Cursing (2001) 306 Wax Wrath [i.e. Kenneth Rexroth] knows all this too—and often employs it in his fish-wrap chats—as this reader most certainly understands. 1966 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 28 Feb. 1/6 (heading) Fish-wrap ages nearly as fast as fish. A new art magazine..will participate in the ‘autodestruction’ school by treating the pages..with a chemical ‘so that copies will disintegrate..in about four weeks’. 1991 M. Atwood Wilderness Tips 223 A year from now it'll all be fish-wrap. 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 114/3 Quoyle installs himself at the local fish-wrap newspaper. < as lemmas |
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