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单词 squib
释义  squib /skwɪb/ noun [countable]  1. DHTa small exploding firework 小爆竹,甩炮2. literaryAL a short amusing piece of writing that attacks someone 讽刺短文 → damp squib at damp1(2)Examples from the Corpussquib• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.• The traditional Easter turkey boom - the second biggest after Christmas - was a damp squib because hard-up families bought cheaper chickens.• Readers may have thought his front page squibs came from the pen of a dominant shareholder.• The general opinion was that it had fizzled out; like a spent squib, it hadn't even given one burst.• Let Fortune writer Ronald Henkoff describe what followed: The squib demanded at least five years' experience in human resources.squib nounChinese  small a exploding Corpus firework
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