tsundoku
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈsʌn.dəʊ.kuː/ us/ˈsʌn.doʊ.kuː/
(买很多书但堆积着没有阅读)积读;积读的书
the practice of buying a lot of books and keeping them in a pile because you intend to read them but have not done so yet; also used to refer to the pile itself
If you think tsundoku is a modern problem brought on by the ease of ordering books online, you'd be mistaken. 如果你认为积读是一个由网上订书的便利性带来的现代问题,那你就错了。
Our readers are invited to send us a picture of their tsundokus. 请我们的读者给我们发送一张他们的积读照片。
- More examples
- Tsundoku is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.
- Do you have a habit of picking up books that you never quite get around to reading? If this sounds like you, you might be unwittingly engaging in tsundoku.
- Tsundoku is the Japanese word for the stack of books you've purchased but haven't yet read.