squibs
英 [skwɪbz]
美
n. 小爆竹
squib的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 未取得预期效果的事;失败;落空
You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.- The all-party meeting was a damp squib.
全党大会没有取得预期效果。
- The all-party meeting was a damp squib.
双语例句
- One of my squibs would not go off, and Gowing said: "Hit it on your boot, boy; it will go off then."
我放的爆竹中有一个没响，高英说：“在你的靴子上使劲撞它，它就会响。” - The boys spent the afternoon setting off Squibs and firecrackers.
男孩们一下午都在放鞭炮和爆竹。 - I'm not talking about the feeble boxes of "Fox's squibs" that you used to get in the shops for the week or so before Bonfire Night, and which have now disappeared into the'too dangerous'bin.
我说的可不是过去那种你常在篝火节前一周去商店里买的单薄的一小盒“福克斯爆竹”，即使这种小炮仗现在也被归类为高危物品而难得一见。 - I gave the rest of the squibs to the little Cummings'boy to let off.
我把其余的爆竹都给了卡明斯的小孩。 - Don't spend your time writing this sort of squibs.
不要花时间写这类的讽刺短文了。 - A newspaperman says they want versified squibs.
一个报馆人说他们要幽默的讽刺诗。 - Members represented a wide variety of folk, from wizards to Squibs.
凤凰社成员代表了各式各样的人，从巫师到哑炮都有。 - Have you any squibs, any green man in your shows?
你有爆竹吗？在你们表演中有放烟火的人吗？ - Little boys were throwing home-made squibs.
小男孩们在玩自制的小爆竹。