| 单词 | looker-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslooker-in looker-in n. now rare (a) a person who looks in (in various senses of to look in at look v. Phrasal verbs 1), spec. one who looks in on another, a casual visitor; (b) now historical a viewer of television (cf. sense 2b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] > informal dropper-in1805 looker-in1826 drop-in1970 society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [noun] > television viewer viewer1914 looker-in1927 looker1928 watcher-in1928 televiewer1930 1658 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady i. iii. in Chain of Golden Poems 311 Fit to compose a crafty gin To take the hearts of lookers in. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 17 241 I have always casual lookers-in, and it is my cue..to keep..an open house. 1921 E. E. Holmes Joyful through Hope 157 The instructed Churchman, no casual looker-in, but a weekly or daily worshipper. 1927 Pictorial Weekly 5 Mar. 101 A speech which the ‘looker-in’ can actually see being delivered. 1996 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. d10/4 With pictures, often distorted by a magnifying glass, early TVs look like crystal balls and the viewers of them are called ‘lookers-in’. < as lemmas |
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