| 单词 | space-filler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspace-filler space-filler n. something that serves to occupy an otherwise vacant space; spec. a brief or insignificant item in a newspaper or magazine. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > space-filler or insubstantial writing Balaam1826 space-filler1886 fluff1906 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > filling of vacant space > that which serves to filler1591 filling1597 filler-up1710 packing1779 upfilling1822 fill-up1853 infilling1871 filler-in1877 space-filler1886 infill1939 microballoon1954 fill1957 1886 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 199 On the amphora we have two figures added to fill up the ampler space. I attach no mythological importance to them; they are primarily space fillers. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 232 There's a little squib about the college that may serve as a space-filler. 1972 Sci. Amer. July 13/3 I have written some poetry, mostly nonserious, that has found its way into medical journals as space-filler. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. iii. 38 Poets..nodded in gleeful sympathy at natural cullings, kindly cancers that had carried off a few more anthology space-fillers. < as lemmas |
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