music while you workn.

Brit.

/ˌmjuːzɪk wʌɪl juː ˈwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈˌmjuzɪk (h)waɪl ju ˈwərk/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English Music while you work.

Etymology: < the title of a radio programme Music while you work (see quot. 1940) < music n. + while conj. + you pron. + work v.

Chiefly British. Now chiefly historical.

Continuous light music played to workers, esp. in a factory; a radio broadcast of such music.From 1940 to 1967, the Forces Programme of the BBC (from 1945, the Light Programme) produced a daily broadcast with this title, originally intended to improve morale and productivity among factory workers during the Second World War (1939–45).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > canned or piped music

Muzak1935

music while you work1958

1940 Radio Times 21 June 3/2 This coming week there will be, twice every day, half-an-hour's music meant specially for factory-workers..under the title ‘Music while you work’.]

1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 227 Though ‘Music while you work’ is now our wont, It's not so nice as ‘Music while you don't’.

1960 R. Pound Selfridge ii. 40 One of the first applications of the music-while-you-work incentive to modern labour.

1993 T. Holt Orbit (BNC) 139 Music while you work..I can handle. But aliens breaking in and coshing the staff just so's they can sing to them is another matter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	music while you work
释义	music while you workn. Brit. /ˌmjuːzɪk wʌɪl juː ˈwəːk/, U.S. /ˈˌmjuzɪk (h)waɪl ju ˈwərk/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English Music while you work. Etymology: < the title of a radio programme Music while you work (see quot. 1940) < music n. + while conj. + you pron. + work v. Chiefly British. Now chiefly historical. Continuous light music played to workers, esp. in a factory; a radio broadcast of such music.From 1940 to 1967, the Forces Programme of the BBC (from 1945, the Light Programme) produced a daily broadcast with this title, originally intended to improve morale and productivity among factory workers during the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > canned or piped music Muzak1935 music while you work1958 1940 Radio Times 21 June 3/2 This coming week there will be, twice every day, half-an-hour's music meant specially for factory-workers..under the title ‘Music while you work’.] 1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 227 Though ‘Music while you work’ is now our wont, It's not so nice as ‘Music while you don't’. 1960 R. Pound Selfridge ii. 40 One of the first applications of the music-while-you-work incentive to modern labour. 1993 T. Holt Orbit (BNC) 139 Music while you work..I can handle. But aliens breaking in and coshing the staff just so's they can sing to them is another matter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1958
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