spoil·er
noun/ˈspɔɪlə(r)/
/ˈspɔɪlər/
- a part of an aircraft’s wing that can be raised in order to interrupt the flow of air over it and so slow the aircraft’s speed
Topics Transport by airc2(机翼的)扰流片 - a raised part on a fast car that prevents it from being lifted off the road when travelling very fast
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2(汽车的)气流偏导器 - (especially North American English) a candidate for a political office who is unlikely to win but who may get enough votes to prevent one of the main candidates from winning
选举中的搅局者(无望获胜但所得选票可能使某主要候选人无法当选) - a person or thing that intends or is intended to stop somebody/something being successful
Topics Difficulty and failurec2阻碍…成功的人(或事物);搞砸…的人(或事物) - information that you are given about what is going to happen in a film, television series, etc. before it is shown to the public
剧透;(在电影、电视剧等公映前的)剧情透露 - Warning: this review contains spoilers.
警告:本影评包含剧透。
- Warning: this review contains spoilers.
- a news story, book, etc. that is produced very quickly in order to take attention away from one produced by a competitor that appears at the same time
(为竞争而迅速发表的)抵消影响的报道(或书籍等) - The paper ran a spoiler.
该报剧透了。
- The paper ran a spoiler.