| 释义 |
blooper colloq.|ˈbluːpə(r)|
[f. bloop v.]
1. (See quots.)
1926Dairy Farmer (Des Moines, Iowa) 15 May 12 It is this type of set which is commonly criticized for causing interference and when improperly operated soon becomes known as a ‘blooper’. 1934Webster, Blooper, a radio receiving set which generates current of radio frequency, thus causing radiation from the receiving antenna. This radiation, under certain circumstances, causes near-by sets to bloop or howl.
2. A blunder or howler, esp. of a public or politically embarrassing kind; = bloomer1 3.
1947Partisan Rev. XIV. 550/2 Why does Farrell write so badly? Why in his latest book such bloopers as ‘art..presents imaginary images of life’. 1951in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 44/2 But on one subject—‘security’—he may have felt he pulled a political blooper. 1956Amer. Speech XXXI. 252 In radio and television broadcasting, where the spoken word is of utmost interest and importance, lapses are known as bloopers, fluffs, slips and boners. 1961Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 11/5 The Administration had made a ‘blooper’ over the custom of allowing members of Congress to provide constituents with guided tours of the White House.
3. Baseball. A ball lobbed over the infield so as to come down just beyond their reach; a ball pitched high by the pitcher. Also attrib. Cf. bloop n. 2 and v. 2 and Texas leaguer s.v. Texas 2.
1937N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 29/6 A ‘blooper’ is a soggy fly to an unoccupied spot behind the backs of the infield. 1946San Francisco Examiner 10 July 19/1 ‘Rip’ Sewell..made the mistake of tossing one of his blooper balls to Williams with two on base. 1948Chicago Tribune 27 June ii. 4/8 His homer on one of Rip Sewell's famous blooper pitches was the only one ever knocked against the Pittsburgh veteran's specialty. 1967C. Potok Chosen i. 35, I went into a long, elaborate windup and sent him a slow, curving blooper, the kind a batter always wants to hit and always misses. 1977Rolling Stone 5 May 47/4 Fidrych pitches five innings, slow-pitch, blooper-balls, tossed underhand without any great effect. 1985Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Oct. c3/4 Centre fielder Lloyd Moseby may have caught Frank White's blooper, although only Moseby knows for certain. |