standfirst
noun [ C ] media UK specialized uk/ˈstænd.fɜːst/ us/ˈstænd.fɝːst/
(报刊文章的)内容提要
a short piece of text in a newspaper article below the headline (= title) that gives the most important facts and ideas that are contained in the article that follows
Then there was a standfirst: "Hungry, frightened and helpless, women and children are crossing the border in their thousands". 然后有一段提要：“饥饿、恐惧而无助，成千上万的妇女和儿童正在越过边境”。
Compare: headlineintroductionsubheading
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- Your standfirst describes him as a "modern-day folk hero".
- A sub wrote the headline and standfirst for the piece, and also cut it to size and rewrote it for style.
- In the article "From tabloid editor to kennel worker" (News Review, Aug 28) the standfirst states that Wendy Henry was "the first woman editor of a British national newspaper".