Definition of thumbsucker in English:

thumbsucker

nounˈθʌmsʌkəˈTHəmˌsəkər

US derogatory, informal

A serious piece of journalism which concentrates on the background and interpretation of events rather than on the news or action.
〈美，非正式，常贬〉（偏重事件背景、诠释而非消息、行动的）严肃的新闻报道
the New York Times offered us a thoughtful thumbsucker on ‘The Psychology of Oil Pricing’
Example sentencesExamples
- Anne Gerhart has a real thumbsucker trying to ‘puzzle out’ the logic of the crime.
- I just read a Christian Science Monitor thumbsucker about the identity of the next Pope.
- A trivial swing of a hundred thousand votes in half a dozen states and you'd be writing pretentious thumbsuckers about how cultural issues were losing their ability to attract votes for Republicans.
- The piece is less of a thumbsucker than it sounds.
- I'm not here to do a thumbsucker on this show, because I'm tired & it's all been said before.
- Contrast how Helen Thomas thinks to Elizabeth Bumiller's pathetic thumbsucker in Izvestia on the Hudson.
- Write a thumbsucker about whether we ever sent people into Cambodia!
- Of course, at this point, writing about Bush's credibility problems is almost a thumbsucker, isn't it?

Definition of thumbsucker in US English:

thumbsucker

nounˈTHəmˌsəkər

US derogatory, informal

A serious piece of journalism that concentrates on the background and interpretation of events rather than on the news or action; a think piece.
〈美，非正式，常贬〉（偏重事件背景、诠释而非消息、行动的）严肃的新闻报道
Example sentencesExamples
- Contrast how Helen Thomas thinks to Elizabeth Bumiller's pathetic thumbsucker in Izvestia on the Hudson.
- I just read a Christian Science Monitor thumbsucker about the identity of the next Pope.
- A trivial swing of a hundred thousand votes in half a dozen states and you'd be writing pretentious thumbsuckers about how cultural issues were losing their ability to attract votes for Republicans.
- The piece is less of a thumbsucker than it sounds.
- I'm not here to do a thumbsucker on this show, because I'm tired & it's all been said before.
- Anne Gerhart has a real thumbsucker trying to ‘puzzle out’ the logic of the crime.
- Write a thumbsucker about whether we ever sent people into Cambodia!
- Of course, at this point, writing about Bush's credibility problems is almost a thumbsucker, isn't it?

词汇	thumbsucker
释义	Definition of thumbsucker in English: thumbsucker nounˈθʌmsʌkəˈTHəmˌsəkər US derogatory, informal A serious piece of journalism which concentrates on the background and interpretation of events rather than on the news or action. 〈美，非正式，常贬〉（偏重事件背景、诠释而非消息、行动的）严肃的新闻报道 the New York Times offered us a thoughtful thumbsucker on ‘The Psychology of Oil Pricing’ Example sentencesExamples Anne Gerhart has a real thumbsucker trying to ‘puzzle out’ the logic of the crime. I just read a Christian Science Monitor thumbsucker about the identity of the next Pope. A trivial swing of a hundred thousand votes in half a dozen states and you'd be writing pretentious thumbsuckers about how cultural issues were losing their ability to attract votes for Republicans. The piece is less of a thumbsucker than it sounds. I'm not here to do a thumbsucker on this show, because I'm tired & it's all been said before. Contrast how Helen Thomas thinks to Elizabeth Bumiller's pathetic thumbsucker in Izvestia on the Hudson. Write a thumbsucker about whether we ever sent people into Cambodia! Of course, at this point, writing about Bush's credibility problems is almost a thumbsucker, isn't it? Definition of thumbsucker in US English: thumbsucker nounˈTHəmˌsəkər US derogatory, informal A serious piece of journalism that concentrates on the background and interpretation of events rather than on the news or action; a think piece. 〈美，非正式，常贬〉（偏重事件背景、诠释而非消息、行动的）严肃的新闻报道 Example sentencesExamples Contrast how Helen Thomas thinks to Elizabeth Bumiller's pathetic thumbsucker in Izvestia on the Hudson. I just read a Christian Science Monitor thumbsucker about the identity of the next Pope. A trivial swing of a hundred thousand votes in half a dozen states and you'd be writing pretentious thumbsuckers about how cultural issues were losing their ability to attract votes for Republicans. The piece is less of a thumbsucker than it sounds. I'm not here to do a thumbsucker on this show, because I'm tired & it's all been said before. Anne Gerhart has a real thumbsucker trying to ‘puzzle out’ the logic of the crime. Write a thumbsucker about whether we ever sent people into Cambodia! Of course, at this point, writing about Bush's credibility problems is almost a thumbsucker, isn't it?
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