Silly season
(新闻界的)无聊季节, 新闻饥荒期
🧩 词语组成解析
silly
['sɪli]
adj. 蠢的;糊涂的;不明事理的;没头脑的;
n. （常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行为）傻孩子，淘气鬼;傻子，蠢货;
season
['sizn]
n. 季节，季;时期;活动期，时令;暂时;
vt. 使适应，使适用;调味;
vt.& vi. 使变干燥;
🗣️ 情景例句
You were right, Grandpa.
给你说对了 ，爷爷。
Certainly. And we also have test results that we're sure you'd be interested to see.
当然，同时我们也有测试结果，我们相信你们会有兴趣看的。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。