单词 | catchphrase |
释义 | catchphrase From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcatchphrasecatch‧phrase /ˈkætʃfreɪz/ noun [countable]SAYINGa short well-known phrase made popular by an entertainer or politician, so that people think of that person when they hear itExamples from the Corpuscatchphrase• It was a catchphrase for national shame now, applicable to virtually every snafu.• It's a shame because, to paraphrase Ginola's cringing catchphrase in the L'Oreal ads, she's worth it.• His catchphrases like'What a peach of a shot' and 'That's a dream of a pass' are now part of tennis language.• In the seventies, it seemed that a light entertainment show on television was not complete without a clutch of catchphrases.• Perhaps heeding the catchphrase of his manager, Malcom Hardee, he failed to show.• The catchphrase, after all, is a fixture in an otherwise protean world of television comedy. |
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