| 单词 | a blip on the radar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa blip on the radar (screen) a. Something which is insignificant or attracts little attention. Frequently in a blip on the radar (screen) and variants; cf. radar n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1965 National Geographic Nov. 707/2 Saidu has pointed to a cliff in the distance, a mere blip upon the horizon. 1971 Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 31 Dec. 4/2 A single lifetime—a tiny blip on the radar of eternity. 1986 New Yorker 15 Sept. 110/3 He could sell water in a flood—but table soccer was a blip in our industry. 1991 Amer. City & Country Dec. 4/1 There was the fall of communism, but with bank failures and bailouts and recession.., that was pretty much a blip on the local government radar screen. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing iii. 258 The horizons stretch so endlessly that my own fragile, antlike life seems a mere blip. 2003 Mojo Nov. 101/2 Had Pink Floyd broken up when Syd Barrett went home to his mum..they'd have been a much smaller blip on the rock radar. < as lemmas |
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