| 单词 | blooper |
| 释义 | blooper (once / 53725 pages) n A blooper is a mistake, especially an embarrassing one that's witnessed by other people. Your professor may be famous for his colorful bow ties and his frequent bloopers. You can use the word blooper to describe any gaffe or faux pas that makes you blush. Often films and TV shows will keep a reel of bloopers that were caught on camera — generally mistakes or flubbed lines by actors. The word was first used in the 1940s in the theater world, from US baseball slang, meaning "a high fly ball that an outfielder doesn't catch." WORD FAMILYblooper: bloopers USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a turning point in the Jets’ 49-19 loss and became a staple of blooper reels. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) Think of it, instead, as a blooper reel—a tour of some things we tried that were just totally goofy. Slate(Sep 27, 2016) Pagan then hit a blooper that landed just fair and brought in Panik. Washington Times(Sep 23, 2016) n an embarrassing mistake Syn|Hypo|Hyper bloomer, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall bobble the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball spectaclea blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bulla serious and ludicrous blunder fumble, muff(sports) dropping the ball fluffa blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecisma socially awkward or tactless act howlera glaring blunder clangera conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate misstep, stumble, trip, trip-upan unintentional but embarrassing blunder error, fault, mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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