单词 | gobo |
释义 | gobon.1 The root of the greater burdock, Arctium lappa, as cultivated for use in Japanese cookery (also more fully gobo root). Also: the plant itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > other plants both medicinal and culinary greenweed1527 Iceland moss1785 gobo1822 malanga1853 1822 F. Shoberl tr. I. Titsingh Illustr. Japan ii. 214 A box of dainties, having three compartments, is brought... The third contains gobo, or black carrots [Fr. du gobo, ou des carottes noires]. 1897 Garden & Forest 14 Apr. 143/2 In Japan, Burdock grows wild in several places, but it is also extensively cultivated as a vegetable. Every one knows and eats ‘Gobo’, the usual appellation for this plant. 1962 E. Gibbons Stalking Wild Asparagus (1970) 46 I first became acquainted with the culinary possibilities of this rank-growing biennial in Hawaii, where Japanese truck farmers grew a domesticated variety called Gobo. 1983 Texas Monthly Nov. 5/1 The store is an international cornucopia, with a little bit of everything from everywhere. Perhaps you'd like gobo root,..chayote squash, or Chinese cabbage? 1997 Grocer (Nexis) 11 Oct. 54 Gobou, or burdock root, has been used in a new corn snack from Tohato, giving it a high dietary fibre content. 2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June (Timeout section) 4/1 Breast of squab with ragout of mushrooms; pigs cheeks with gobo; seasonal winter fruits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobon.2 Originally U.S. 1. Cinematography, Television, and Photography. A dark plate, screen, or mask used to shield a lens from light. Also (Theatre): a partial screen or mask used in front of a spotlight to project a shape or image or to reduce the light on stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > masks or screens gobo1923 nigger1925 matte1938 scrim1950 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights > screen medium1859 scrim1891 gobo1923 1923 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. x. 5 ‘Gobo’ and other utterances..are flung around a studio by camera men. 1925 Los Angeles Times 29 Nov. b6 Elephant ear , a form of gobo consisting of an upright post with a black card or board suspended at right angles, used to shade the camera lens from overhead light. 1947 H. Bettinger Television Techniques x. 217 A ‘gobo’ (a piece of cardboard or metal) is occasionally needed to mask part of a beam of light. 1959 W. C. Lounsbury Backstage from A to Z 74 Of these [devices for light spill control], all but the gobo are used on spotlights. 1994 Museums Jrnl. Jan. 36/3 Gobos can produce projected images up to 6m in diameter and can be used in conjunction with colour films, slides or moving images. 2. Cinematography and Sound Recording. A (portable) screen or shield used to prevent a microphone from picking up extraneous noise. ΚΠ 1930 Sel. Gloss. Motion Picture Technician (Acad. Motion Pictures, Hollywood) 15/2 Gobo, portable wall covered with sound-absorbing material. 1931 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 1 Oct. 14/6 A Gobo is a portable wall used in absorbing sound when talkies are being made. And an Elephant Ear is a small Gobo used on certain conversational close-ups. 1975 D. Sebesky Contemp. Arranger viii. 228 Soundproof baffles or ‘gobos’, portable panels designed to absorb sound, can be placed between instruments to prevent leakage between their respective microphones. 1996 J. Chappell Recording Guitarist 45 You'll be in the studio playing with all the other instruments, like strings and horns..As the guitarist, you'll be off in one section, usually against a wall, with a gobo. 2003 JazzTimes Sept. 128/1 This session..is as good as it gets, musically and technically: no gobos, no headphones, no second takes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11822n.21923 |
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