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news bulletin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Television & radio
ˈnews ˌbulletin noun [countable]  1. British EnglishAMTNEWS a short news programme on radio or television, reporting only the most important information 〔电台或电视的〕新闻简报2. American EnglishAMTNEWS a very short news programme on radio or television, broadcast suddenly in the middle of another programme when something very important has happened 新闻快讯〔指插在电台或电视其他节目中播出的重要新闻〕 SYN British English newsflash
Examples from the Corpus
news bulletinBriefing groups have been established at many locations and a news bulletin is circulated throughout the Company's businesses.When a news bulletin informed him of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, he realized that call would never come.The 8 p.m. news bulletin each evening gave prominence to presidential and governmental words and deeds.Restrict yourself to one news bulletin a day, or avoid the news and newspapers altogether.Instead, she crouched over the radio, listening, like all the others, as the news bulletin began.
ˈnews ˌbulletin nounChineseSyllable
short programme or television, only reporting a on news radio Corpus


news bulletin
ˈnews ˌbulletin noun [countable]
1. British English a short news programme on radio or television, reporting only the most important information
2. American English a very short news programme on radio or television, broadcast suddenly in the middle of another programme when something very important has happened
   SYN  newsflash British English