stop press

短语

a. 最新的, (报纸付印时)临时加入的

发音

AU

词形变化

stopped press stopping press stops press 三单 stops press stopping press 现在分词 stopped press 过去式 stopped press 过去分词

别名

stop-press

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.

    英国 媒体

    Three of the errata corrections had already been made as stop-press corrections …

    Faked Stop Press! announcements in newspapers. A valuable trick because it can always be claimed that the announcement was ‘hushed up’. It is also easy to fake the printing of the Stop Press.

    Another lady thought she would drive a lesson home, so she said: “But you said it was a ‘Stop press,’ and you knew it was not.” “It is, miss, but sure they hadn’t time to print the ‘stop press’ on it!!” (“Stop press” is the latest news, usually printed on the back of the paper.)

v.
  1. 1.

    Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.

    英国
  2. 2.

    Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc.

    英国 习语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

news

词源

From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon.

来源：wiktionary