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Tass — often written all in capitals, TASS — was the official news agency of the Soviet Union. A news agency is a company that gathers news and sells it on to newspapers and TV stations, the way Reuters or the Associated Press do.
Tass Tass(塔斯社) often written all in capitals, TASS常常全部大寫寫成TASS was the official news agency of the Soviet Union是蘇聯的官方通訊社 A news agency is a company that gathers news and sells it on to newspapers and TV stations通訊社是一種蒐集新聞、再賣給報紙和電視台的公司 the way Reuters or the Associated Press do就像Reuters(路透社)或the Associated Press(美聯社)那樣
What made Tass different is that it belonged to the state, so what it reported was what the government wanted reported. During the Cold War, Western papers would print 'according to Tass' as a careful way of saying: this is the Soviet official line, believe it or not as you choose.
What made Tass different is that it belonged to the stateTass跟別家不同的地方，在於它是國家所有 so what it reported was what the government wanted reported所以它報導的就是政府想要它報導的東西 During the Cold War冷戰期間 Western papers would print 'according to Tass'西方報紙會寫「according to Tass(據塔斯社報導)」 as a careful way of saying: this is the Soviet official line作為一種謹慎的說法，意思是「這是蘇聯官方的說法」 believe it or not as you choose信不信由你
That is how the word usually turns up in English — in history books, old news reports, and spy novels, rather than in speech today. The Soviet Union ended in 1991; a Russian agency of the same name still exists, and after some years under another name it went back to calling itself TASS.
That is how the word usually turns up in English這個字在英文裡通常就是這樣出現的 in history books, old news reports, and spy novels出現在歷史書、舊新聞報導和間諜小說裡 rather than in speech today而不是出現在今天的日常對話裡 The Soviet Union ended in 1991蘇聯在1991年瓦解 a Russian agency of the same name still exists同名的俄羅斯機構至今仍然存在 and after some years under another name it went back to calling itself TASS用了別的名字幾年之後，又改回叫自己TASS
The letters stand for a Russian phrase meaning roughly 'Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union'. Note that the origin notes attached to this entry are for an unrelated old English word 'tass' meaning a heap or a small cup — nothing to do with the news agency, which is simply a set of Russian initials.
The letters stand for a Russian phrase meaning roughly 'Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union'這幾個字母代表一句俄文，大致意思是「蘇聯電報通訊社」 Note that the origin notes attached to this entry are for an unrelated old English word 'tass'要注意，附在這個詞條上的字源說明，講的是另一個不相關的英文古字tass meaning a heap or a small cup意思是一堆東西或一個小杯子 nothing to do with the news agency跟這個通訊社毫無關係 which is simply a set of Russian initials後者只是一組俄文縮寫
組成Not an English word at all but a set of initials from Russian, standing for the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union. English speakers say it as one word, rhyming with 'pass'.
原始詞典資料8 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。
TASSname
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historicalTelegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
- In his remarks at the close of the summit, Lavrov also hailed the German government’s refusal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine as a “responsible stance,” TASS reported.
Tassname
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A village in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary.
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Former name of Nyírtass: a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary.
tassnoun詞源 1/tæs/
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obsoleterareA heap, pile.
tassnoun詞源 2/tæs/
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dialectalA cup or cupful.
- "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
tassnoun詞源 3/tæs/
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Synonym of tasse.
tassnoun詞源 4/tæs/
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An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.
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。