1. 1口號;標語(點出某項特點的那個詞)

    A catchword is a short word or phrase that names the one feature you are supposed to notice — in a product, a plan, or a situation. A bottle might carry “no sugar” as the catchword; a campaign might keep repeating “change.” The word is meant to catch your attention and stand for the important point.

    A catchword is一個catchword就是 a short word or phrase一個簡短的詞或短語 that names the one feature用來點出那個你該注意的特點 you are supposed to notice — in a product, a plan, or a situation在一個產品、一個計畫、或一個情況裡 A bottle might carry “no sugar” as the catchword一瓶飲料可能把「無糖」當成catchword a campaign might keep repeating “change.”一場活動可能一直重複著「改變」 The word is meant to catch your attention這個字的目的是抓住你的注意力 and stand for the important point並代表那個重點

    Though actually, people also use it more loosely for any slogan or fashionable word going around, even when it does not name a real feature.

    Though actually不過事實上 people also use it more loosely大家也會用得比較鬆散 for any slogan or fashionable word going around用在任何流行的口號或流行語上 even when it does not name a real feature即使它並沒有點出什麼真正的特點

    It is a slightly word. In everyday talk you will hear slogan, , or more often. Catchword sits closest to “the word that sells the key point.”

    It is a slightly bookish word這是個有點書面的字 In everyday talk在日常對話裡 you will hear你會聽到 slogan, catchphrase, or buzzword slogan、catchphrase、或buzzword more often比較常出現 Catchword sits closest to catchword最接近的意思是 “the word that sells the key point.”「那個把重點賣出去的字」

core核心畫面

組成catch(抓住、讓人注意到)+ word(詞)。合起來就是「會抓住人的那個詞」。

同家族的字

  • catchthe first piece: to grab, here to grab attention
  • catchysame catch: a catchy line sticks, as a catchword is meant to

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

catchwordnoun/ˈkat͡ʃwɜːd/

  • 1

    historicalmediaprintingpublishingA word at the end of a book page that repeats the first word from the following page. (Such words served as aids to the bookbinder (to check rapidly for correct placement of leaves) and were also viewed by some readers as aids to smooth reading.)

    • While he prayed he knelt on his red handkerchief and read above his breath from a thumb blackened prayerbook wherein catchwords were printed at the foot of every page.
    • Near-synonym: custos
  • 2

    A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a particular group or time; a slogan or buzzword.

    • One could give a long list of such intellectual fashions and catchwords which in the course of two or three generations have in turn dominated the thinking of the intellectual.
    • The war itself has several names, including "the famine war" (ḥarb al-majā'a) and seferberlik, a Turkish word, meaning "travel by land," that began its wartime career as a reference to "military conscription" but quickly became a catchword for all the calamities and suffering experienced by civilians.
  • 3

    entertainmentlifestyletheaterThe last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.

  • 4

    A word printed (often in large or bold type) at the head of a page or other section of text, serving to draw a reader's attention or summarise contents, especially in a reference work; a heading.

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