| 释义 |
phonofilm Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈfəʊnəʊfɪlm|
Also Phonofilm.
[f. phono- + film n.]
A cinema film having a sound-track.
Orig. a proprietary name in the U.S.
1921Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Nov. 391/2 Phonofilm... Claims use since Jan. 1, 1921. 1922Radio Broadcast Dec. 96 De Forest's Phono-film. 1923Weekly Dispatch 13 May 5 In so far as it eliminates the use of a gramophone..the new phono-film..would appear to mark a decided step forward. 1928Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 Aug. 134/4 The Prime Minister for a quarter of an hour delivered to an audience of half a dozen people and two phonofilm cameras a farewell address. 1930A. B. Wood Textbk. Sound v. 495 A somewhat similar process is used in the production of phonofilms or ‘speaking pictures’. 1973Listener 7 June 744/3 There we were, south of San Francisco... Just down the road, De Forest had invented the radio valve and the phonofilm. |