单词 | idiot box |
释义 | idiot boxSEE SYNONYMS FOR idiot box ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a television set; television. Origin of idiot boxFirst recorded in 1955–60 Words nearby idiot boxidioplasm, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, idiot, idiot board, idiot box, idiot card, idiotic, idiotism, idiotize, idiot-proof Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for idiot boxidiot box nounslang a television set Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with idiot boxidiot box A television set, as in There they sit in front of the idiot box, hour after hour. This slangy and pejorative expression dates from about 1960. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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