blurb

• n. 大肆宣傳；吹捧性廣告；商品信息
• vt. 誇大；大肆宣傳

來自20世紀美國幽默學家Gelett Burgess 創造出來的詞，諷刺當時圖書出版商在封麵上誇大其詞的宣傳。blurb, 擬聲詞，巴拉巴拉。

blurb (n.)

used by U.S. scholar Brander Matthews (1852-1929) in 1906 in "American Character;" popularized 1907 by U.S. humorist Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951). Originally mocking excessive praise printed on book jackets.

Gelett Burgess, whose recent little book, "Are You a Bromide?" has been referred to above, then entertained the guests with some characteristic flashes of Burgessian humor. Referring to the word "blurb" on the wrapper of his book he said: "To 'blurb' is to make a sound like a publisher. The blurb was invented by Frank A. Munsey when he wrote on the front of his magazine in red ink 'I consider this number of Munsey's the hottest pie that ever came out of my bakery.' ... A blurb is a check drawn on Fame, and it is seldom honored.["] ["Publishers' Weekly," May 18, 1907]

1. This book fails to give what the blurb describes.

這本書不像該書護封上所描繪的那樣好.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. In the blurb I couldn't see anything about thinking at all.

在這本書的簡介中，我根本找不到任何有關思想的東西。

來自辭典例句

3. He gets a kick out of reading the blurb on cereal boxes.

他以讀穀類食品包裝盒上的廣告為樂.

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4. Romeo and Juliet, the blurb explains, is set in modern - day Japan.

書背的介紹解釋說, [羅密歐與茱麗葉]場景設在現代日本.

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5. I could image the blurb he would have already written about her powers of observation.

我可以想象他本該用來描述她細膩觀察力的誇張詞語.

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