单词 | revenge of the |
释义 | > as lemmasrevenge of the —— P5. Originally U.S. In revenge of the ——, used humorously with allusion to the formulaic titles of low-budget or sensationalist horror films featuring a violent uprising of the thing specified (cf. quot. 1943). ΚΠ 1943 (title of film) Revenge of the Zombies.] 1966 R. Brautigan in TriQuarterly Winter 55 (short story title) Revenge of the lawn. 1978 D. Mamet (title of play) Revenge of the space pandas... A comedy. 1984 (title of film) Revenge of the Nerds. 1987 R. Starr Richard Hadfield 118 (heading) Revenge of the Faded Pansy. 1990 N.Y. Woman Apr. 116/1 ‘What is this?’ he said, laughing in an unfriendly way. ‘The revenge of the bimbos?’ 1997 Times 5 Mar. (Interface section) 3/5 (heading) Revenge of the cyberwomen. 2006 New Yorker 4 Sept. 42/3 They made a devil's bargain some eighty years ago, and now they're stuck with it. Call it the revenge of the middleman. < as lemmas |
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