slush pile
noun[C]
uk/ˈslʌʃ ˌpaɪl/us/ˈslʌʃ ˌpaɪl/apileofmanuscripts(= earlyversions)ofbooksthat have beensentbywritersto apublisherand that willprobablyn+ot bepublished:
(作者寄给出版社但很可能不会出版的)废稿堆Hernovelwasrescuedfrom theslushpileand made into ahitmovie.她的小说被从废稿堆里救了出来而且还改编成了一部热门电影。
Books: kinds of books
- abridgment
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- crammer
- dime novel
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- novelette
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- speller
- travelogue
- young adult
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