paperweight

FREQ #35145

n. 镇纸, 压纸物, 压纸器

发音

AU

词形变化

paperweights 复数 paperweights

别名

paper-weight

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.

    镇纸

    纸镇

    书镇

    纸压

  2. 2.

    A useless piece of equipment.

    俚语

    On Windows, the card has a working driver. On Linux right now, it's a paperweight.

  3. 3.

    Any object used for this purpose.

    John used his coffee mug as a paperweight.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

weight

词源

From paper + weight.

来源：wiktionary