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单词 tabloid
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tabloid

[ tab-loid ]
/ ˈtæb lɔɪd /
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noun

a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.
a short form or version; condensation; synopsis; summary.

adjective

compressed or condensed in or as if in a tabloid: a tabloid article; a tabloid account of the adventure.
luridly or vulgarly sensational.

Origin of tabloid

First recorded in 1905–10; tabl(et) + -oid

OTHER WORDS FROM tabloid

tab·loid·ism, noun

Words nearby tabloid

table tripod, table-turning, tableware, table wine, tablinum, tabloid, tabloid TV, taboo, taboparesis, tabor, Tabora
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British Dictionary definitions for tabloid

tabloid
/ (ˈtæblɔɪd) /

noun

a newspaper with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational styleCompare broadsheet
(modifier) designed to appeal to a mass audience or readership; sensationalistthe tabloid press; tabloid television

Word Origin for tabloid

C20: from earlier Tabloid, a trademark for a medicine in tablet form
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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