| 单词 | pet rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspet rock pet rock n. a small rock intended as a humorous novelty alternative to keeping an animal or growing plants; (hence) something seen as little more than a passing fad, or as pointless or useless. ΚΠ 1975 Newsweek 10 Nov. 95/3 Pet rocks are particularly good at sitting, lying and playing dead, Dahl says, but shaking hands is out. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 June 46/1 He found that the..board was a do-nothing group who hadn't voted against the chairman since the Depression. He ridiculed the board as Smith's ‘pet rock’. 2003 Risk & Insurance (Nexis) 14 Apr. 14 People recognize that maybe it's not all there but there is a substance of ERM that's not just the next pet rock. < as lemmas |
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