| 单词 | squib |
| 释义 | squib From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsquibsquib /skwɪb/ noun [countable]1 DHTa small exploding firework2 literaryAL a short amusing piece of writing that attacks someone → damp squibExamples from the Corpussquib• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.• Readers may have thought his front page squibs came from the pen of a dominant shareholder.• The general opinion was that it had fizzled out; like a spent squib, it hadn't even given one burst.• Let Fortune writer Ronald Henkoff describe what followed: The squib demanded at least five years' experience in human resources. |
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