blurb英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

— In a few weeks, blurbs would come back; a few, or many, depending on the book. There were certain writers we knew were always good for a blurb: Louis Untermeyer would always come through — poetry, fiction, humor — whatever, he'd send a well‐turned commendation.

动词 v.

To write or quote in a blurb. transitive

— When Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald blogged about having seen and loved “The Departed” in Toronto in a supposedly private screening last fall, Warner Brothers “scolded me very strongly,” he said, “but they still blurbed a line from my blog in their opening ad.”
To supply with a blurb. transitive

— The unseemly business of book blurbing has been source of both humor and concern in the pages of The New Yorker.

词形变化

blurbs plural blurbs present,singular,third-person blurbing participle,present blurbed participle,past blurbed past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.

词源 2

Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.