television
电视机
释义2:
television
/ 5teli7viVEn /
◙ noun1. [mass noun] a system for transmitting visual images and sound which are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programmes for entertainment, information, and education• 电视 the activity, profession, or medium of broadcasting on television• 电视广播事业;电视行业;电视传播媒介 »neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into television. 我的两个孩子丝毫都不想跟着我干电视这一行。 »[as modifier] television news. 电视新闻。 television programmes• 电视节目 »Dan was sitting on the settee watching television. 丹正坐在长靠椅上看电视。2. (也作 television set)a box-shaped device with a screen for receiving television signals• 电视(接收)机【IDIOMS】
◘ on (the )television1. being broadcast by television; appearing in a television programme• 在电视上播放;上电视节目 »Norman was on television yesterday. 诺曼昨天上电视了。【语源】
1. early 20th cent.: from tele- 'at a distance' + vision
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