| 释义 |
nabe U.S. slang.|neɪb|
[f. the pronunc. of neighbourhood.]
A neighbourhood; spec. a local cinema. Also attrib.
1935Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Apr. 17 On Sunday two powerful [box office pictures] were released to the nabes. 1937Amer. Speech XII. 317/2 Nabe, neighborhood motion picture theatre. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §50/1 Nabe, naborhood, neighb, neighborhood. Ibid. §587/5 Nabe pichouse, a neighborhood motion-picture theater. 1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business 61 Nabes..neighborhood movie houses. 1970New Yorker 20 June 30/1 They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes. 1971Time 8 Nov. 73/1 In Portland, where business is also dragging, the nabes (the trade term for the neighborhood houses) are now closed except on weekends. |