单词 | -reeler |
释义 | -reelercomb. form Film (originally U.S.). Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting films consisting of a specified number of reels. See reel n.1 7. ΚΠ 1913 Los Angeles Times 10 Aug. iii. 6/3 This..two-reeler deals with a millionaire's disinherited son, who becomes a world-famous tramp. 1914 Washington Post 18 May 10/2 What's it all about, anyway? One of those three reelers? 1956 Los Angeles Times 21 Aug. i. 23/1 Tom Greis has purchased a German five-reeler made by Paul Schwegman. 1991 P. C. Newman Merchant Princes xiii. 374 The Company commissioned a forgettable eight-reeler about itself called The Romance of the Fur Country. 2004 J. McCarty Bullets over Hollywood 302 DW Griffith supervised the making of a four-reeler titled The Gangsters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1913 |
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