| 单词 | sob sister |
| 释义 | > as lemmassob sister sob sister n. a female journalist who writes sentimental reports or articles; a writer of sob stories; hence in various transferred uses, esp.: an actress who plays pathetic roles; a sentimental, impractical person, a do-gooder; a journalist who gives advice on readers' problems. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > sentimental person sentimentalist1778 foster-feeling1784 sentimental1784 sentimentalizer1865 sob sister1912 sob brother1914 marshmallow1935 society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > sentimental or advice writer sob sister1912 Lonelyhearts1933 Miss Lonelyhearts1933 agony aunt1974 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism > unrealistic philanthropist do-gooder1901 sob sister1912 do-good1923 uplifter1923 do-gooding1938 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress > types of tragedy queen1715 soubrette1753 jeune première1817 comedienne1834 old woman1838 tragedienne1841 ingénue1848 sob sister1912 voice actress1974 1912 Sat. Evening Post (N.Y.) 7 Dec. 9/3 Of the Daily Blatt's seven sob sisters six had husbands; and of the six it was more or less pure coincidence that five were supported by their wives. 1922 Opportunities in Motion Picture Ind. (Photoplay Research Soc.) 5 Some sob-sisters have gratified their ambition to play comedy, and have played it well. 1927 Daily Express 18 Apr. 4/2 ‘Sob sisters’—corps of women reporters specially employed to write sentimental accounts to appeal to the emotions of feminine readers. 1927 Sat. Evening Post (N.Y.) 24 Dec. The sob sisters and the sob brothers..who didn't raise their boys to be soldiers. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xviii. 196 It's one of the things the sob-sisters are sure to write up. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Feb. 9/8 Forecasting opposition to his plan by ‘sob-sisters’ Goodwin said ‘it wouldn't do any harm to give these sob-sisters a couple of wallops too’. 1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death x. 153 Mrs. St. Johns is best known as one of the original sob sisters, a Hearst reporter in her youth. 1967 Boston Herald 8 May 19/5 Now that Svetlana has become America's newest millionaire glamor girl sob-sister, American interest in peeking or looking through the iron curtain is at a new all-time high. 1972 Listener 20 July 72/3 Sob sisters, those ladies who advise the unhappy about their problems. < as lemmas |
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