snailpaper 蜗牛报纸_时尚英语

snailpaper 蜗牛报纸

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-09-02 06:02 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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It's 2013. The screens are winning adherents¹ left and right. Print newspapers are turning into "snailpapers" that arrive at our doorsteps with news that is 12 hours late.

现在是2013年了。各类屏幕已赢得不同派别的集体支持，而纸质报纸正在变成“蜗牛报纸”。报纸送到我们门口的时候，那上面的新闻我们12小时前就已经知道了。

The word "snailpaper" is a play on snail² mail: letters, bills, and other mail delivered physically³ and therefore much more slowly than e-mail. Slightly surprisingly, snail mail entered the language as far back as 1982.

“蜗牛报纸”这个词是对“蜗牛信件”一词的演绎，蜗牛信件指通过人工投递的信件、账单等，比电子邮件肯定慢很多。不过让人有些意外的是，“蜗牛信件”这个词早在1982年时就被收录进常用语言词条了。

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1 adherents
n.支持者，拥护者( adherent的名词复数 )；党羽；徒子徒孙
参考例句：
He is a leader with many adherents. 他是个有众多追随者的领袖。来自《简明英汉词典》 The proposal is gaining more and more adherents. 该建议得到越来越多的支持者。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 snail
n.蜗牛
参考例句：
Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。 Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

3 physically
adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律
参考例句：
He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。 Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

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