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Newsprint is the cheap, thin paper that newspapers are printed on. It is usually a little grey, not bright white, and it tears if you are not careful. When you hold a real newspaper, ink can come off on your fingers — that is newsprint doing that.
Newsprintnewsprint is就是 the cheap, thin paper便宜、薄的紙 that newspapers are printed on印報紙用的那種。It它 is usually a little grey通常帶點灰, not bright white不是亮白色, and而 it tears一不小心就會破 if you are not careful。When you hold a real newspaper當你拿著一份真的報紙時, ink油墨 can come off on your fingers可能會沾到你的手指 — that is newsprint doing that那就是newsprint造成的
Printers buy it in huge rolls because they need so much of it and it has to stay low-cost. Though actually, the word names the paper, not the news: a newspaper is the finished thing you read; newsprint is the stuff it is made from.
Printers印刷廠 buy it in huge rolls會整大捲整大捲地買, because因為 they need so much of it需求量太大 and而且 it has to stay low-cost成本必須壓低。Though actually不過事實上, the word這個字 names the paper指的是紙, not the news不是新聞本身: a newspapernewspaper(報紙) is the finished thing you read是你讀的成品; newsprintnewsprint is the stuff it is made from是它所用的材料
People also use leftover sheets to wrap glasses or line a drawer, because it is cheap and there is a lot of it. You meet the word less now that so much news lives on a phone, but in a print shop it is still the ordinary name.
People人們 also也會 use leftover sheets用剩下的紙張 to wrap glasses包玻璃杯 or line a drawer或鋪抽屜, because因為 it is cheap它便宜 and there is a lot of it又量多。You meet the word less這個字比較少被用到了 now that so much news lives on a phone現在因為太多新聞都在手機上看, but但 in a print shop在印刷廠裡 it is still the ordinary name它依然是常用的說法
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
newsprintnoun
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An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
- The journalism trade publication Editor and Publisher announced in the spring of 1954 that more newsprint had been generated about Jorgensen during the previous year than about any other individual—over a million and a half words, the rough equivalent of fifteen full-length books.
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