stop the presses

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments. idiomatic

词形变化

stops the presses present,singular,third-person stopping the presses participle,present stopped the presses participle,past stopped the presses past

词源

Originally referred to delaying the printing of a newspaper in order to change its content to accommodate the inclusion of late-breaking news.
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