| 单词 | wire service |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire service wire service n. chiefly U.S. (originally) a telegraph service; (now chiefly) a news agency that supplies syndicated news to its subscribers (cf. newswire n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [noun] > news agency press agency1859 news service1870 news agency1873 newswire1941 wire service1941 1887 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 20 Aug. 2/3 Information concerning the events that are occurring in all parts of the world is conveyed through the ‘wire service’, under the control of the Associated Press. 1902 Times 17 Dec. 11/1 The wire service was considerably crippled by a storm in the west, and somewhat checked activity throughout the greater part of the day. 1941 M. A. deFord They were San Franciscans iv. 126 The Herald was refused the franchise, and an attempt by George to set up an independent wire service was crushed by the established competitor. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 July iv. 13/3 The ardently pro-Bush New York Post ran only five paragraphs of a wire-service story on Page 12. < as lemmas |
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