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单词 close-caption
释义

close-captionv.

Brit. /ˌkləʊz ˈkapʃn/, U.S. /ˌkloʊz ˈkæpʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: closed-caption v.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of closed-caption v., after either close v. or close adj.: the article cited in quot. 1979 at main sense below elsewhere uses closed-caption v. (compare quot. 1979 at that entry).
Originally and chiefly North American.
transitive. = closed-caption v.
ΚΠ
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Feb. c14 PBS reportedly would initially close-caption about 10 hours a week of its output.
1993 Rochestarian Dec. 58/1 Computerized newsrooms make it possible to ‘close caption’ newscasts for the hearing impaired, create more timely accurate, timely news scripts.
1998 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 5 The barrage of criticism..includes two members of Congress decrying the fact grants are given to close-caption the programme for the deaf.

Derivatives

ˌclose-ˈcaptioned adj.
ΚΠ
1979 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. c23 The three networks will initially offer about 20 hours of close-captioned programs.
1996 APT Bull. 27 54/1 Working on the Past... VHS video format, forty minutes, close-captioned.
ˌclose-ˈcaptioning n.
ΚΠ
1980 Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. g17 The technological advances which make close-captioning possible.
1993 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 Jan. 1 a Few TVs in public places have close-captioning,..and few public phones are equipped for the deaf.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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