| 释义 |
peepie-creepie|ˌpiːpɪˈkriːpɪ|
[f. peep v.2 + -ie and creep v. + -ie.]
A portable television camera used for close shots on location.
1952Time 14 July 22/3 Most startling TV innovation was a portable camera known as the walkie-lookie, or peepie-creepie, with which the enterprising TV reporter could sneak up to Mr. Delegate and catch him yelling his head off or scratching his nose. 1952Newsweek 21 July 53 NBC's walkie-lookie, or ‘peepie-creepie’, was not a singular success in its debut. 1953A. K. C. Ottaway Educ. & Society 82 Here it was that the ‘peepie-creepie’ also called the ‘walkie-lookie’ began to achieve prominence. 1954F. G. Cassidy Robertson's Devel. Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) viii. 188 Walky-talky (a portable radio..), and its recent offspring peepie-creepie (a portable television camera). |