potboiler
GRE
英 ['pɒtbɒɪlə]
美['pɑt'bɔɪlɚ]
释义
n. 粗制滥造的文艺作品；粗制滥造作品的人
词态变化
复数: potboilers;
中文词源
potboiler 圈钱作品，粗制滥造作品pot,罐子，boil,煮。即罐子里面煮肉，引申词义不管好肉还是烂肉，只要是肉就行，用来比喻那些粗制滥造的电影或小说。
英文词源
- potboiler (n.)
- also pot-boiler, 1864 in the figurative literary sense, from pot (n.1) + agent noun from boil (v.). The notion is of something one writes solely to put food on the table.
双语例句
- 1. This is just another legal potboiler.
- 这就是另一本法律题材的烂作。
来自辞典例句
英英释意
- 1. a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
实用场景例句
- This is just another legal potboiler.
- 这就是另一本法律题材的烂作。
辞典例句
