单词 | stuck record |
释义 | > as lemmasstuck record stuck record n. a scratched record which when played sticks at a particular point and repeats the same brief passage; chiefly in similes and metaphors referring to annoying and constant repetition; cf. broken record n. at broken adj. Additions. ΚΠ 1943 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 25 Mar. 4 a/7 When..[the] commander..calls the roll, he sounds like a stuck record as he arrives at the ‘w's’. The Weeks family..is responsible. 1968 A. K. Armah Beautyful Ones are not yet Born ix. 141 He was silent, but inside his head the refrain circled like a stuck record. 1979 Wilson Q. 3 186/1 Northern Ireland is a stuck record, and a historical nightmare. 2013 D. Rothenberg Bug Music ii. 67 I think of Brian Eno stuck in bed, unable to move, at the very moment he supposedly invents ambient music by being unable to stop the stuck record from skipping. 2015 Sc. Express (Nexis) 19 May 22 (headline) Sturgeon like a stuck record on referendum. < as lemmas |
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