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词汇 page-turner
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Definition of page-turner in English:

page-turner

noun
informal
  • An exciting book.

    〈非正式〉引人入胜的书

    the most irresistible page-turner since Odysseus got back to Ithaca
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've read them all, and most of those page-turners kept me awake far too late, too often.
    • In the end, what really makes this book a page-turner is the nagging question of what happened to Gabriella Hartman.
    • The reader will need a chapter or two to fall into the rhythm of the dialect, but the book quickly becomes a page-turner.
    • It is a stunning book, a page-turner and thought-provoker.
    • I thought at first that it was quite a page-turner, but eventually I found myself yearning for the end to come.
    • But it is also a highly enjoyable read - one might even say it's a page-turner, if books of this genre are permitted to be labeled as such.
    • Journals is actually quite an invasive read, but there is no doubt it's a compulsive page-turner.
    • What makes a novel a page-turner, besides a great story line, is pacing.
    • What makes a page-turner, an irresistible read, a story or book that you can't put down?
    • Captivating writing on such diverse topics makes this book a page-turner.
    • As such, his book is a wonderful gift - a page-turner that teaches, using words and images that stick in the mind.
    • She needed escape, a page-turner that wasn't so intense that it would stress her out, so romantic that she'd fall apart, or so violent she'd lose sleep.
    • She says it's an incredible page-turner that's kept her reading late at night four nights in a row, as she simply couldn't put it down.
    • It's certainly a page-turner, despite the sometimes flat tone of the writing; there's a eyebrow raising passage every two pages.
    • As in all the chapters, David (a photo editor and avid photographer) maintains the excitement visually with pictures and page designs that make such a book a page-turner.
    • Overall, the story was quite a page-turner (I read through it during my lunch breaks over 3 days), and I will probably read it again in the near future.
    • Overall, it was a gripping story, and obviously a page-turner that raises some interesting ethical questions.
    • Even though we know the outcome, the story is a page-turner.
    • Brown has created the veritable page-turner, a book that moves at a breakneck speed along the edge of a cliff.
    • Quirky features like these make the novel a real page-turner.

Derivatives

  • page-turning

  • adjectiveˈpeɪdʒtəːnɪŋˈpeɪdʒˌtərnɪŋ
    informal
    • (of a book) exciting.

      this is a page-turning thriller that promises to deliver
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has the ability to synthesize a large body of scientific data into a highly readable, page-turning narrative, and to convert the raw numbers of research and statistics into meaningful facts for our personal lives.
      • We want stories that are so absorbing and page-turning that it isn't until we're brushing our teeth that night that we realize we've just read a book about values.
      • The books are an easy read and have that page-turning quality that makes any book hard to put down.

Definition of page-turner in US English:

page-turner

nounˈpāj ˌtərnərˈpeɪdʒ ˌtərnər
informal
  • An exciting book.

    〈非正式〉引人入胜的书

    the most irresistible page-turner since Odysseus got back to Ithaca
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've read them all, and most of those page-turners kept me awake far too late, too often.
    • As in all the chapters, David (a photo editor and avid photographer) maintains the excitement visually with pictures and page designs that make such a book a page-turner.
    • Quirky features like these make the novel a real page-turner.
    • I thought at first that it was quite a page-turner, but eventually I found myself yearning for the end to come.
    • She says it's an incredible page-turner that's kept her reading late at night four nights in a row, as she simply couldn't put it down.
    • What makes a page-turner, an irresistible read, a story or book that you can't put down?
    • Overall, it was a gripping story, and obviously a page-turner that raises some interesting ethical questions.
    • It is a stunning book, a page-turner and thought-provoker.
    • But it is also a highly enjoyable read - one might even say it's a page-turner, if books of this genre are permitted to be labeled as such.
    • Overall, the story was quite a page-turner (I read through it during my lunch breaks over 3 days), and I will probably read it again in the near future.
    • In the end, what really makes this book a page-turner is the nagging question of what happened to Gabriella Hartman.
    • It's certainly a page-turner, despite the sometimes flat tone of the writing; there's a eyebrow raising passage every two pages.
    • Journals is actually quite an invasive read, but there is no doubt it's a compulsive page-turner.
    • Even though we know the outcome, the story is a page-turner.
    • What makes a novel a page-turner, besides a great story line, is pacing.
    • As such, his book is a wonderful gift - a page-turner that teaches, using words and images that stick in the mind.
    • Captivating writing on such diverse topics makes this book a page-turner.
    • She needed escape, a page-turner that wasn't so intense that it would stress her out, so romantic that she'd fall apart, or so violent she'd lose sleep.
    • The reader will need a chapter or two to fall into the rhythm of the dialect, but the book quickly becomes a page-turner.
    • Brown has created the veritable page-turner, a book that moves at a breakneck speed along the edge of a cliff.
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