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词汇 red-headed stepchild
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Definition of red-headed stepchild in English:

red-headed stepchild

noun
US informal
  • A person or thing that is neglected, unwanted, or mistreated.

    audio has always been something of a red-headed stepchild in the PC world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • IN RECENT YEARS, THE NHL 'S Northwest Division has been something of a red-headed stepchild to the rest of the league.
    • Treated as the redheaded stepchild of the Fox Sunday Night lineup, the show never truly found its audience, despite positive critical reviews.
    • This place could be good but they ensure they remain a red-headed stepchild by letting WAY too many people in and turning up the music WAY too loud on the sub-par sound system.
    • No other single event epitomizes that fact so flagrantly as does Folk Fest, the red-headed stepchild of New York's annual Outsider Art Fair.
    • It's strangely cheering that documentaries - often considered the bookish, red-headed stepchildren of the film industry - are so well received during the 10-day-long Hot Docs festival.
    • During its run on network television, Homicide was the prototypical redheaded stepchild.
    • We spoke on the phone last night; my still-loved red-headed step-child of a manuscript will be in the post later this week.
    • As a result, he's now the redheaded stepson of the Confidential cast, the one major player who isn't internationally known.
    • At that point, Stage Fright evidently became something of a redheaded stepchild among Hitchcock's oeuvre.
    • I find it extremely ironic that the craft of scrapbooks is looked down upon by graphic artists; a field which has long been considered the redheaded stepchild of the art world.
    • IBM has finally invited the red-headed stepchild in its server line to join the rest of the family, we can exclusively reveal.
    • Third basemen are the Hall's redheaded stepchildren.
    • We've long nurtured an aversion to the red-headed stepchild of the public transit family, preferring the speed, size and cosmopolitan pleasures of under- and overground rail transit.
    • It's the redheaded stepchild of many a training split, meekly sitting just out of sight as your chest and arms get all the attention.
    • Unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat airborne vehicles (UCAVs) are now accurately described as "redheaded stepchildren" in the bottom-line pecking order of funding.
    • I met Dante for lunch at Cafe Colonial, the red-headed stepchild to Cafe Habana.
    • May I suggest a little attention to the architectural landscape of a burg that is quickly becoming the ugly red-headed stepchild of the Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto axis?
    • In the ridiculous world of NFL coaching, one team's golden boy is another's redheaded stepchild.

Definition of red-headed stepchild in US English:

red-headed stepchild

noun
US informal
  • A person or thing that is neglected, unwanted, or mistreated.

    audio has always been something of a red-headed stepchild in the PC world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • IBM has finally invited the red-headed stepchild in its server line to join the rest of the family, we can exclusively reveal.
    • Third basemen are the Hall's redheaded stepchildren.
    • As a result, he's now the redheaded stepson of the Confidential cast, the one major player who isn't internationally known.
    • I find it extremely ironic that the craft of scrapbooks is looked down upon by graphic artists; a field which has long been considered the redheaded stepchild of the art world.
    • In the ridiculous world of NFL coaching, one team's golden boy is another's redheaded stepchild.
    • At that point, Stage Fright evidently became something of a redheaded stepchild among Hitchcock's oeuvre.
    • Treated as the redheaded stepchild of the Fox Sunday Night lineup, the show never truly found its audience, despite positive critical reviews.
    • This place could be good but they ensure they remain a red-headed stepchild by letting WAY too many people in and turning up the music WAY too loud on the sub-par sound system.
    • May I suggest a little attention to the architectural landscape of a burg that is quickly becoming the ugly red-headed stepchild of the Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto axis?
    • IN RECENT YEARS, THE NHL 'S Northwest Division has been something of a red-headed stepchild to the rest of the league.
    • We spoke on the phone last night; my still-loved red-headed step-child of a manuscript will be in the post later this week.
    • Unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat airborne vehicles (UCAVs) are now accurately described as "redheaded stepchildren" in the bottom-line pecking order of funding.
    • During its run on network television, Homicide was the prototypical redheaded stepchild.
    • I met Dante for lunch at Cafe Colonial, the red-headed stepchild to Cafe Habana.
    • No other single event epitomizes that fact so flagrantly as does Folk Fest, the red-headed stepchild of New York's annual Outsider Art Fair.
    • It's strangely cheering that documentaries - often considered the bookish, red-headed stepchildren of the film industry - are so well received during the 10-day-long Hot Docs festival.
    • It's the redheaded stepchild of many a training split, meekly sitting just out of sight as your chest and arms get all the attention.
    • We've long nurtured an aversion to the red-headed stepchild of the public transit family, preferring the speed, size and cosmopolitan pleasures of under- and overground rail transit.
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