| 释义 |
close-caption, v. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
Brit. |ˌkləʊz ˈkapʃn|, U.S. |ˌkloʊz ˈkæpʃ(ə)n|
[Apparently an alteration of closed-caption v., after either close v. or close adj.: the article cited in quot. 1979 below elsewhere uses closed-caption v. (compare quot. 1979 at that entry).
Continued use is probably due to dropping (or not hearing) the medial d in speech, and also perhaps a tendency to normalize both inflections when inferring a verb from closed-captioned adj. (the majority of evidence is for the uninflected form close-caption).Usage is now fairly widespread and independent of the original relationship with closed-caption v., which may in some cases give rise to the pronunciation Brit. |ˌkləʊs ˈkapʃn|, U.S. |ˌkloʊs ˈkæpʃ(ə)n|, after the standard pronunciation of close adj. However, the analogous forms with closed are generally preferred to this and its derivatives.]
trans. = closed-caption v.
1979Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Feb. c14 PBS reportedly would initially close-caption about 10 hours a week of its output. 1993Rochestarian Dec. 58/1 Computerized newsrooms make it possible to ‘close caption’ newscasts for the hearing impaired, create more timely accurate, timely news scripts. 1998Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 5 The barrage of criticism..includes two members of Congress decrying the fact grants are given to close-caption the programme for the deaf.
Derivatives. close-captioned adj.
1979N.Y. Times 22 Mar. c23 The three networks will initially offer about 20 hours of *close-captioned programs. 1996APT Bull. 27 54/1 Working on the Past... VHS video format, forty minutes, close-captioned.
close-captioning n.
1980Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. g17 The technological advances which make *close-captioning possible. 1993Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 Jan. 1 a, Few TVs in public places have close-captioning,..and few public phones are equipped for the deaf. |