squib
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 Corpus
squib• 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
squib
squib /skwɪb/
noun [countable]
1. a small exploding firework
2. literary a short amusing piece of writing that attacks someone
⇨ damp squib at damp1(2)
squib /skwɪb/
noun [countable]1. a small exploding firework
2. literary a short amusing piece of writing that attacks someone
⇨ damp squib at damp1(2)
