| 释义 |
ˈnewscast, n.
[Modelled on broadcast n. 2.]
A broadcast of the news on radio or television. Also as v. So ˈnewscaster, (a) a person who reads out the news on radio or television; (b) (see quot. 1966); ˈnewscasting vbl. n.
1930Observer 28 Sept. 21 Graham MacNamee, the news-caster of our American newspaper newsreel, takes the part of an unseen dramatist. 1934M. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang xii. 169 Newscast, to broadcast news by radio; a radio report of news. 1943Amer. Speech XVIII. 147 The -cast of broadcast long since cast loose to attach itself in newscast. 1956Ann. Reg. 1955 358 I.T.A. news was planned, intentionally, as something different from the traditional, wholly dignified, and impartial B.B.C. news, and was given instead from a personal angle, from less orthodox sources, by a skilful team of ‘newscasters’. 1958New Statesman 26 July 106/2 ITN one evening played martial music..during the newscasting between shots. 1966Times 8 Mar. 4/5 An electric newscaster is to be erected in Piccadilly Circus. A newscaster was one of three illuminated signs for the Circus approved by the Minister..last month... Headline news bulletins, containing up-to-the-minute news from all over the world, will be flashed direct from the Press Association. Interspersed with the news bulletins will be advertising ‘commercials’ in four colours. 1970Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 30/4 When the CBC hits it lucky, nobody can beat its newscasts. 1972J. Wainwright Requiem for Loser viii. 171 He, too, momentarily disbelieved the B.B.C. newscaster... The wireless set continued to broadcast the news item. A lot of people listened to the newscast. 1972‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) xi. 180 The American style of newscasting, a breathless outpouring of words. 1973Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 9 Mar. 21/4 We've always had great success using newscasters for our appeals, and we prefer to use them, to make it a current affairs thing. The BBC don't see it our way, quite. 1973Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 14/2 The first business to become a victim, presumably unintentionally, of the Government's ban on outdoor illuminated display advertising is Newscaster Publicity, which runs the newscaster on the outside of the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square. |