paparazzi

英 [,pɑ?p?'rɑ?tsi?] 美

paparazzi: paparazzi: [20] In Federico Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita (1959), a press photographer who pesters celebrities is called Paparazzo (the name was supplied by the writer of the film’s scenario, Ennio Flaiano, who in turn got it from Sulle Rive dello Ionio (1957), Margherita Guidacci’s translation of George Gissing’s travel book By the Ionian Sea (1901), in which a restaurantowner is called Coriolano Paparazzo). By the late 1960s the name, usually in the Italian plural form paparazzi, had entered English as a generic term for such intrusive snappers.
paparazzi (n.): 1961, from Italian Paparazzo (plural paparazzi) surname of the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini's 1959 film "La Dolce Vita." The surname itself is of no special significance; it is said to be a common one in Calabria, and Fellini is said to have borrowed it from a travel book, "By the Ionian Sea," in which occurs the name of hotel owner Coriolano Paparazzo.

2. It seemed difficult for the celebrity couple to get rid of the ubiquitous paparazzi.: 這對(duì)名人夫妻想要擺脫無(wú)所不在的狗仔隊(duì)似乎很困難。

3. Paparazzi were out in force at the Oscar Awards.: 狗仔隊(duì)聚集在奧斯卡頒獎(jiǎng)典禮場(chǎng)外.

4. Rarely did the paparazzi think of her reaction to their pursuit.: 這些狗仔隊(duì)鮮少考慮到她對(duì)他們的緊追不舍作何反應(yīng).

5. Paparazzi stalk him at home and trail him in cars.: 狗仔隊(duì)在他家周?chē)鷿摲?開(kāi)車(chē)尾隨他.