单词 | light entertainment |
释义 | light entertainmentn. A genre of theatre, film, radio or television programmes, etc., designed to be entertaining rather than thought-provoking, and often incorporating music, dancing, or comedy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other dramatic or variety performances > [noun] antic1580 wayang1671 light entertainment1787 take-off1845 féerie1878 showboating1909 mirthquake1911 mirthquaker1921 icecapade1940 happening1959 stripagram1981 1787 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 21 July When Sadler's Wells was the only theatre of light entertainment, many of its performances were scarcely tolerable. 1896 Musical Rec. (Boston) July 6/2 There are few kinds of light entertainment better than good burlesque. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 406/3 Journey's End..is not a memorial service; nor, at the other extreme, is it light entertainment. 2010 Observer 28 Mar. (Kids Suppl.) 8/3 No one familiar with Saturday evening light entertainment can have failed to notice the appeal of ballroom dance for younger viewers. Compounds General use as a modifier. ΚΠ 1918 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 30 June 19/3 Coralie Andrews, one of the best light entertainment artists on the American stage a few years ago. 1934 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 10 May 7/2 A..light-entertainment program combining a first rate farce-comedy, a vaudeville with a variety of acts, and a technicolor Walt Disney screen cartoon is showing now through Friday at the Paramount. 1978 Daily Tel. 3 July 2/2 Bruce Forsyth has signed a contract with London Weekend Television to front a series of 12 weekly light entertainment shows. 2004 Media Week 4 May 28/3 Programmes..falling firmly into the very populist light entertainment camp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1787 |
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