English Dictionary

pot boiler

noun

(mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression. As in to put food on the table, to boil a pot of food.

The novel was a real pot boiler, full of suspense and drama.

意味（1）

(mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression. As in to put food on the table, to boil a pot of food.

Arists and novelists of a certain stamp joke about ‘pot-boilers’, the name facetiously given to hasty, worthless pictures and books[…]]

意味（2）

(archeology) A stone used to transfer heat from a fire into a vessel of water, so as to heat the contents.