| 单词 | idiot box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasidiot box idiot box n. colloquial (a) an encased mechanism that provides helpful information or performs simple operations; (b) a television set. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > television set television set1924 television1929 home video1949 TV1949 box1950 transistor set1953 telly1954 idiot box1955 monitor1957 boob tube1959 goggle-box1959 transportable1959 the tube1959 portable1960 set1961 widescreen1982 1955 European Stars & Stripes (Darmstadt, Germany) 1 Dec. 10/1 A good friend of..pilots at the Hanau airstrip is a blue and yellow monster known affectionately as the ‘idiot box’. 1957 Daily Rec. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 8 Jan. 4/8 Author David Chandler refers to his tv set as ‘The Idiot Box’. 1965 Lancet 2 Jan. 46/2 Often they may be found, in semi-hypnotic state, watching the ‘idiot box’ with its endless stream of images and fullness of sound, all signifying nothing. 1973 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 211 282 We assume that the modern general purpose computer is an idiot-box capable of performing only the simplest of routines. 2004 S. Coonts Liars & Thieves (2005) xiii. 142 When the broadcast was over I flipped off the idiot box. < as lemmas |
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