| 单词 | moon box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoon box moon box n. Theatre (now rare) a device designed to produce a representation of the moon. ΚΠ 1866 W. Davidge Footlight Flashes 149 (caption) Moon Box. 1916 A. E. Krows Play Production in Amer. xxvii. 227 Stage moons have long been contrived of a box containing a light with a transparency on the side nearest the audience, pulled jerkily upward as the moon is supposed to rise. They also are projected, in combination with a moving cloud effect, by the stereopticon. Lincoln J. Carter made his moon-box a cornucopia, silvered on the inside, with a powerful white light in the small end, and raised steadily into place by clockwork. 2000 Stage 13 July 23 We travelled with a large moon box, banks of fairy lights and two Howie ground rows, all of which had to be changed to the Continental ten amp round pin type connectors. < as lemmas |
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