| 释义 |
creepy-peepy, n. Television. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˌkriːpɪˈpiːpi|, U.S. |ˈkripiˌpipi|
Forms: 19– creepie-peepie, 19– creepy-peepy
[‹ creep v. + -y suffix6 + peep v.2 + -y suffix6. Compare peepie-creepie n., and earlier walkie-lookie n., walkie-talkie n., handie-talkie n.]
A portable television camera used for close-up shots on location. Cf. peepie-creepie n.
1952Life 21 July 18 The walkie-lookie (a new NBC hand camera which was promptly dubbed a creepie-peepie) did for the visual audience what the roving candid microphone had done for radio listeners. 1976Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 19 July 4/5 How is CBS..going to get its creepy peepy right into that smoke-filled room where the deal is being made? 1998Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 July 28 Posing as a martyr to the Truth as he carries his creepy-peepy camera on his shoulder. |