单词 | lift music |
释义 | > as lemmaslift music lift music n. chiefly British recorded background music played in a lift; (frequently mildly depreciative) music thought to resemble this, esp. in being bland or unobtrusive; = elevator music n. at elevator n. Additions. ΚΠ 1960 Times 15 Aug. 3/3 The lift music..might be the sort of lift music that Meyerbeer would have written if there had been lifts in the department stores of his day. 1966 Times 21 Dec. 8/7 Taped lift music... The lifts in the high hotel will be playing taped Christmas music. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Sept. 42/2 His critics snipe that his work resembles lift music or Muzak. 2004 Forestry & Brit. Timber (Nexis) 14 July 41 More inane lift music then after about 10 seconds that ominous continuous tone. I have been cut off. < as lemmas |
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