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单词 creepy-peepy
释义

creepy-peepyn.

Brit. /ˌkriːpɪˈpiːpi/, U.S. /ˈkripiˌpipi/
Forms: 1900s– creepie-peepie, 1900s– creepy-peepy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: creep v., -y suffix6, peep v.2
Etymology: < creep v. + -y suffix6 + peep v.2 + -y suffix6. Compare peepie-creepie n., and earlier walkie-lookie n., walkie-talkie n., handy-talkie n.
Television. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
A portable television camera used for close-up shots on location. Cf. peepie-creepie n.
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1952 Life 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.
1976 Edwardsville (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?
1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 July 28 Posing as a martyr to the Truth as he carries his creepy-peepy camera on his shoulder.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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