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单词 blurb
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blurb

(blɜːʳb)
Word forms: plural blurbs
countable noun [usually singular]
The blurb about a new book, film, or exhibition is information about it that is written in order to attract people's interest.
[informal]

blurb in British English

(blɜːb)
noun
a promotional description, as found on the jackets of books
Word origin
C20: coined by Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), US humorist and illustrator

blurb in American English

(blɜrb)
US
noun
1. 
an advertisement or announcement, as on a book jacket, esp. one that is highly laudatory
verb intransitive
2.  Informal
to state in a blurb
Word origin
coined (c. 1907) by Burgess, for “self-praise, to make a noise like a publisher”

Examples of 'blurb' in a sentence
blurb

For details about the book visit blurb.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Or does she just read the blurb on the bottle?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The blurb says it tests powers of logic and elimination.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
 Reading the blurb, it seems to be all about fields and trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The blurb says that it's now ten years since the last episode aired.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or so the blurb says.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was only after reading the blurb that I realised there was a storyline.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My heart rather sank when I saw the blurb for this book.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can read the blurb, and if it interests you, dive deeper into the story.
The Sun (2014)
The blurb says: 'Generally one day is spent reading and the next walking.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Sadly no preview DVDs were available for this programme, but the publicity blurb was a great consolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
When the crowds arrive next weekend, this room will be exactly what it says in the blurb: madcap.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

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