news‧pa‧per S2 W2 / njuspeɪpə $ nuzpeɪpər / 名词
1 [可数名词] a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly 同义词 paper :
She had read about it in the newspaper.
a series of newspaper articles about life in Cuba
Register
In everyday English, people often say paper rather than newspaper :
I saw an ad in the paper .
2 [不可数名词] sheets of paper from old newspapers :
Wrap the plates in newspaper to stop them from breaking.
Bella laid the flowers out carefully on a sheet of newspaper.
3 [可数名词] a company that produces a newspaper :
He works for a local newspaper.
COLLOCATIONS
动词
read a newspaper Which newspaper do you read?
get a newspaper (= buy one regularly ) We don’t get a newspaper; we tend to watch the news on TV.
see/read something in the newspaper I saw in the newspaper that he had died.
appear in a newspaper Her photo appeared in all the newspapers.
a newspaper reports something (= has an article on something ) The newspapers reported that the police were treating the death as a suicide.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + newspaper
a national newspaper The story was in all the national newspapers.
a local newspaper The store advertises in the local newspaper.
a daily/weekly/Sunday newspaper (= one that is published every day/week/Sunday ) Do you get a daily newspaper?
a tabloid newspaper (= a small-sized newspaper, especially one with not much serious news ) Their wedding made the headlines in all the tabloid newspapers.
a quality newspaper British English (= a newspaper with a lot of serious news and good writing ) The story has not been given as much coverage in the quality newspapers.
newspaper + NOUN
a newspaper article/report/story I read quite an interesting newspaper report on the war.
a newspaper headline ‘Wine is good for you’ an 名词 ced a recent newspaper headline.
a newspaper column (= a regular article in a newspaper written by a particular journalist ) She writes a regular newspaper column about gardening.
a newspaper clipping/cutting (= a story cut out of a newspaper ) I found some old newspaper cuttings of the band’s first concert in Liverpool.
a newspaper reporter She was fed up with being followed by newspaper reporters.
a newspaper editor Newspaper editors have a lot of power.
a newspaper proprietor British English (= owner ) Ultimately, it’s the newspaper proprietor who decides what goes into the newspaper.
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.
parts of a newspaper
article a piece of writing in a newspaper about a particular subject : an article on the education reforms
report a piece of writing in a newspaper about an event : newspaper reports on the war
story a report in a newspaper about an event, especially one that is not very serious or reliable : You can’t always believe what you read in newspaper stories.
a headline the title of an important newspaper article, printed in large letters above the article. The headlines are the titles of the most important stories on the front page : The singer’s drug problem has been constantly in the headlines.
front page the page on the front of a newspaper which has the most important news stories : The story was all over the front page.
section/pages the pages in a newspaper dealing with a particular area of news such as sports, business, or entertainment : the financial pages of The Times | the arts section
editorial the page of a newspaper on which the editor of a newspaper and other people express their opinions about the news, rather than just giving facts : an editorial on the vaccination programme
column an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly : his weekly column on gardening