| 单词 | magazine |
| 释义 | magazine —magazinish, magaziny, adj. /mag'euh zeen", mag"euh zeen'/, n. 1. a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports. 2. a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship. 3. a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions. 4. a metal receptacle for a number of cartridges, inserted into certain types of automatic weapons and when empty removed and replaced by a full receptacle in order to continue firing. 5. Also called magazine show. Radio and Television. a. Also called newsmagazine. a regularly scheduled news program consisting of several short segments in which various subjects of current interest are examined, usually in greater detail than on a regular newscast. b. a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc. 6. See magazine section. 7. Photog. cartridge (def. 4). 8. a supply chamber, as in a stove. 9. a storehouse; warehouse. 10. a collection of war munitions. [1575-85; < F magasin < It magazzino storehouse < Ar makhazin, pl. of makhzan storehouse; in E figuratively, as "storehouse of information," used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)] |
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