单词 | teletheatre |
释义 | > as lemmasteletheatre teletheatre n. Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻˌθɪətə/ , U.S. /ˈtɛləˌθiədər/ (a) a television series consisting of a number of self-contained dramas (rare); (b) North American a betting facility in which horse races are shown live on television screens.ΚΠ 1948 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 38/2 Completing the top ten programs..are..‘Chevrolet Tele-Theatre’..and the ‘Bigelow Show,’ all WNBT. 1974 N.Y. Times 22 May 51/2 2,500-seat teletheaters would be built with huge screens to provide bettors with racing live from New York. 1991 Sports Illustr. 11 Nov. 9/2 The cours-cafés are sophisticated tele-theaters..privately owned, licensed betting parlors. 1996 R. J. Thompson Television's Second Golden Age 21 Conditions were just right for a healthy teletheater in the late 1940s and the 1950s, but they soon changed and..the anthologies all but disappeared. 2015 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 8 Jan. Guelph is being considered as the site for new off-track teletheatre where betting patrons could go to watch and wager on horse racing. < as lemmas |
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