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Paparazzi are photographers who follow famous people — film stars, singers, princes — and take pictures they can sell to newspapers and websites. They are not the photographer a star invited to a show.
Paparazzi狗仔隊 are photographers是一群攝影師, who follow famous people專門跟拍名人 — film stars, singers, princes ———電影明星、歌手、王子—— and take pictures they can sell to newspapers and websites拍下可以賣給報紙和網站的照片。They are not the photographer他們不是那種攝影師, a star invited to a show明星邀請去參加活動的那種。
They wait outside restaurants, chase cars, and try to catch someone looking messy, in love, or angry, because those pictures sell.
They他們 wait outside restaurants, chase cars,守在餐廳外面、追著車子跑, and try to catch someone looking messy, in love, or angry,想拍到有人狼狽、談戀愛或生氣的樣子, because those pictures sell因為這種照片賣得掉。
The word is Italian: paparazzo is one such photographer, paparazzi is more than one. Though actually English speakers very often say paparazzi even for one person, and almost nobody uses paparazzo in ordinary talk.
The word is Italian:這個字是義大利文: paparazzo is one such photographer,paparazzo 是單一一個這樣的攝影師, paparazzi is more than onepaparazzi 則是超過一個。Though actually不過實際上 English speakers very often say paparazzi even for one person,英文使用者常常連指一個人也說 paparazzi, and almost nobody uses paparazzo in ordinary talk日常對話裡幾乎沒有人會用 paparazzo。
The word feels informal and a bit harsh; people use it when they want to complain that the cameras will not leave someone alone.
The word feels informal and a bit harsh;這個字感覺很口語,而且有點刺耳; people use it大家會用它 when they want to complain來抱怨 that the cameras will not leave someone alone攝影機不肯放過某人。
A news photographer at a press conference is not paparazzi. The difference is the hunting, and the selling of private moments.
A news photographer at a press conference在記者會上的新聞攝影師 is not paparazzi不算是狗仔隊。The difference差別在於 is the hunting,那種獵捕式的跟拍, and the selling of private moments以及販賣私密時刻的行為。
組成From Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo (one photographer of this kind). English mostly keeps the plural form.
同家族的字
- paparazzothe Italian singular — one photographer who hunts famous people
原始詞典資料3 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。
paparazzinoun/ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.si/
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Paparazzi taken as a group.
- “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”
- Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。