| 词汇 | tinseltown |
| 词源 | Tinseltown. “Strip the phony tinsel off Hollywood,” musi- cian and wit Oscar Levant said in the early 1940s, “and you’ll find the real tinsel underneath.” This sardonic remark allegedly led to the cynical name “Tinseltown” for Hollywood. |
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