英语词汇“to put bums on seats”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bums on seats n. the audience at a theatre, cinema, or other entertainment, viewed as a source of income; (more generally) paying customers collectively. Frequently in to put (also get) bums on seats: to draw a sizeable audience, originally at a theatre or cinema; to fill places, esp. with paying customers.

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1973 Observer 25 Nov. 23 As long as there are enough ‘bums on seats’.

1979 Financial Times 24 Feb. 19 There's enough problems getting bums on seats in theatres.

1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 296/1 Oh, no—never upset the punters. Bums on seats, laddie, bums on seats.

2001 Racing Post (Nexis) 4 Dec. 11 Anything that involves..the spilling of blood is guaranteed to put bums on seats in cinemas.

2016 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. (Sport section) 3 It is cold hard cash and potential bums on seats. Fail to make the Champions Cup and season ticket sales will suffer dramatically.

单词	to put bums on seats
释义	> as lemmas to put (also get) bums on seats bums on seats n. the audience at a theatre, cinema, or other entertainment, viewed as a source of income; (more generally) paying customers collectively. Frequently in to put (also get) bums on seats: to draw a sizeable audience, originally at a theatre or cinema; to fill places, esp. with paying customers. ΚΠ 1973 Observer 25 Nov. 23 As long as there are enough ‘bums on seats’. 1979 Financial Times 24 Feb. 19 There's enough problems getting bums on seats in theatres. 1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 296/1 Oh, no—never upset the punters. Bums on seats, laddie, bums on seats. 2001 Racing Post (Nexis) 4 Dec. 11 Anything that involves..the spilling of blood is guaranteed to put bums on seats in cinemas. 2016 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. (Sport section) 3 It is cold hard cash and potential bums on seats. Fail to make the Champions Cup and season ticket sales will suffer dramatically. extracted from bumn.¹int.² < as lemmas
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