单词 | moviegoing |
释义 | moviegoingn. The habit or practice of going to the cinema. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [noun] cinema-going1917 film-going1919 moviegoing1931 1931 Fortune Aug. 41/3 Spring and fall Saturdays, a time when girls are particularly in danger of movie-going, she usually gets them out to the athletic fields in Westchester. 1958 J. Baldwin in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 284 A lifetime of moviegoing behind her. 1999 Empire Nov. 52/1 So popular has moviegoing been this summer that box office takings are up a whopping 20 per cent on last year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moviegoingadj. Designating a person who goes to the cinema, esp. regularly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [adjective] cinema-going1915 film-going1916 moviegoing1922 1922 Life 31 Aug. 28/1 Mr. Lloyd is becoming one of the leaders in the directorial field, and the movie-going population can look forward hopefully to his production of ‘Oliver Twist’. 1946 A. Warren in W. S. Knickerbocker 20th Cent. Eng. iii. 312 His conclusions..reassure the parents of movie-going children. 1994 Queen's Q. Fall 669 Hollywood's most off-beat summer offering..still holds a great deal of appeal for the movie-going public. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1931adj.1922 |
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