- a short description of a book, film, or other product written for promotional purposes and appearing on the cover of a book or in an advertisement（图书封面、广告中书籍、影片等的）内容简介。
with obj.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. write or contribute such a passage for (a book, film, or other product)〈非正式, 主北美〉给（图书、电影等）写内容简介（或推介广告）。
词源
early 20th cent.: coined by Gelett Burgess (died 1951), American humorist.