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tabloid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tab·loid /ˈtæblɔɪd/ (also tabloid newspaper) noun [countable]  TCNa newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people etc rather than serious news 通俗小报 broadsheetsee thesaurus at newspapertabloid adjective [only before noun] tabloid journalists 小报记者
Examples from the Corpus
tabloidIt was this morning's paper he had brought her, a national tabloid printed in London.Her latest affair was splashed across the cover of the supermarket tabloids.And if coverage by the tabloids has missed some of the debate's subtleties, perhaps that is little surprise.The national dailies can be dismissed quickly, especially the tabloids.She just married me to get money from selling to the tabloids.She claimed that she had had an affair with the President, and sold her story to the tabloids.The tabloids went for sensations, scandals, gossip and, especially, opinion.No photo expert for either side has scrutinized the 30 snapshots, which Flammer is shopping to tabloids.Witnesses who cooperate with tabloids in return for money often find themselves subjected to withering criticism if they are called into court.
Origin tabloid (1900-2000) Tabloid a trademark for a medicinal tablet ((19-20 centuries)); because of the small size of the tablet
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tabloid
tabloid /ˈtæblɔɪd/ (also ˌtabloid ˈnewspaper) noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Tabloid a trademark for a medicinal tablet (19-20 centuries); because of the small size of the tablet
a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people etc rather than serious news ⇨ broadsheet
—tabloid adjective [only before noun]:
    tabloid journalists
     
THESAURUS
    newspaper: The New York Times is a popular daily newspaper.
    paper a newspaper. Paper is more common than newspaper in everyday English: There was an interesting article in the local paper today. | the Sunday papers
    the press newspapers and news magazines in general, and the people who write for them: the freedom of the press | The press are always interested in stories about the royal family.
    the media newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the Internet, considered as a group that provides news and information: This issue has received a lot of attention in the media. | Her public image was shaped by the media.
    tabloid a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, short stories, and not much serious news: The tabloids are full of stories about her and her boyfriend.
    broadsheet British English a serious newspaper printed on large sheets of paper, with news about politics, finance, and foreign affairs: the quality broadsheets
    the nationals the newspapers that give news about the whole country where they are printed, in contrast to local newspapers: The results of the nationwide survey became headlines in the nationals.
    the dailies the daily newspapers: The dailies reported the story.


tab·loidBrE /ˈtæblɔɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtæblɔɪd/ 🔊 nouna newspaper with small pages (usually half the size of those in larger papers) 小报(版面通常比大报小一半)   compare Berliner, broadsheet (sometimes disapproving) a newspaper of this size with short articles and a lot of pictures and stories about famous people, often thought of as less serious than other newspapers 通俗小报(文短图多,内容多为名人逸事,常被视为不太严肃)The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。🔊🔊   compare quality newspaper   see also red-top tab·loid adjective [only before noun] a serious paper in a new tabloid format一份以小报形式重新编排的严肃报纸tabloid journalists小报记者a tabloid newspaper通俗小报the tabloid press通俗小报界