单词 | wired for sound |
释义 | > as lemmaswired for sound b. wired for sound: fitted with or wearing electrical sound equipment.Originally with reference to cinemas that could present films with sound tracks. ΚΠ 1928 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 19 Aug. 20/4 Most of these companies will have to make pictures to fit both kinds of houses, those wired for sound pictures and those not equipped.] 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 26 Aug. 3/2 New home in Beverley Hills is nearing completion. House contains 23 rooms and in the basement is a theater which will seat 100 people and is wired for sound. 1946 I. Gershwin Sweet Nevada in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 342/2 I give you Montana, Vermont, Indiana—They still aren't wired for sound. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 97 The facts had been relayed to her through her ear-trumpet, for she was wired for sound. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 18/3 Stay away from Karafin... He's wired for sound 24 hours a day... He can keep stories out of the paper or get them in. 2002 Which? Feb. 8/3 We sent out four undercover researchers, wired for sound. 2005 Independent 23 Nov. (Property section) 2/4 Hand-built kitchen, cinema room, wet bar, wired for sound. < as lemmas |
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