Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Please explain the general meaning of these new terms.

Please explain the general meaning of these new terms.

1。 Pocket book, as its name implies, is a book that can be put in your pocket. The standard book in your pocket has no complete and accurate definition. Generally speaking, pocket books refer to books with a size of less than 32 and no more than 65,438+00. The rise of pocket books can be traced back to the Penguin series published in London in July 1935, which sold more than 25 million copies in three years and achieved great success. Pocket books swept the world and triggered a "paper book revolution", which had a far-reaching impact on the publishing industry in Europe and America. They were even included in human inventions, human adventures and unusual events in the 20th century together with Kodak Colom color film invented in the United States.

2。 White pollution is an image title for the phenomenon of environmental pollution caused by refractory plastic waste (mostly plastic bags). It refers to the phenomenon that all kinds of living plastic products made of polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and other polymer compounds are discarded as solid waste after use, which is difficult to degrade because of littering at will, resulting in serious pollution of the urban environment.

3。 Networm: a networm is a person who spends all his time on the internet and is addicted to it; A computer geek should only be a person who is very keen on learning computers, not necessarily a person who loves the internet.

4。 Carnival is a traditional festival as early as in Europe. The predecessor of Carnival is the English transliteration of "Carnival" in Europe and America, which is equivalent to "Temple Fair" in China. It originated in ancient Egypt and later became the celebration of Saturnalia in ancient Rome. Over the years, "Carnival" has gradually changed from a traditional festival to a public entertainment activity including large-scale amusement facilities, supplemented by various cultural and artistic activities. There are many kinds of carnivals around the world, which have become the symbol of many cities.

5. White-collar workers refer to those who have academic qualifications and work experience and are engaged in mental work. It is a general term for workers in enterprises who do not need to do a lot of physical labor in western society, also known as white-collar workers, corresponding to blue-collar workers.

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