- 1大片；賣座片；超級暢銷書（強調轟動、賣座，不一定表示「寫得好／拍得好」）
Today a blockbuster is a book, film, or sometimes a game or show that is hugely successful — huge crowds, huge talk, huge money. It does not have to be “good” in a careful, artistic way; it means big and successful, even if it is silly. The word started as the name of a very heavy bomb in the Second World War, one that could destroy a whole block of buildings (block + : a is something that busts, or breaks, things). After the war, stretched it to entertainment that “hits” that hard. You will see it on posters and in newspapers. Informal to ; a little hyped, which is part of how people use it.
組成block + buster. Originally aerial bombs able to destroy a whole block of buildings; later stretched to hugely successful films and books.
同家族的字
- blocka city block of buildings — the original bombs were meant to flatten one
- bustto break; a buster is something that breaks things
- blockbustingthe related adjective for the same “wildly successful” idea
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blockbusternoun/ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/
- 1
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- 2
informalSomething, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
- He was watching the blockbuster film series Harry Potter.
- 3
informalSomething, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
- "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" is lusty, a blockbuster conception.
- The report noted that 'an increasing public appetite for large "blockbuster" musicals is a firmly established feature of London’s West End theatre scene'.
- 4
slangAnything very large or powerful; a whopper.
- “How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache. I'm paying for last night. Call me tomorrow, will you?"
- Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.
- 5
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
- 6
One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
- Whereas White residents fell prey to blockbusters who stoked fears of invading Negroes and plummeting housing values during the 1950s, African Americans confronted more-than-imagined difficulties in neighborhoods after the 1968 riots.
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