单词 | open mike |
释义 | open miken. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. A radio phone-in; a talk show. Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > telephoning > protest by open mike1928 phone-in1967 1926 Radio Times 8 Jan. 116/3 ‘Over the Open Microphone’... The microphone will be energized throughout the programme and we hope that the whole performance will give listeners a glimpse of what normally goes on ‘behind the scenes’.] 1928 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. 6/5 9:00 P.M.—Open Mike hour. 1950 N.Y. Times 13 June 54/8 On the Radio..Evening..11:00..WEVD—Open Mike, With Hal Kirk and Guests. 1971 Public Opinion Q. 35 200 ‘Open mike radio forums’ (telephone call-in shows where moderator and caller exchange broadcast views and opinions) are offered by over a thousand stations across the United States. 1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 May (Hernando Times section) 1 [They] appeared on the hourlong WWJB radio Open Mike show Wednesday to explain their proposal to build three rotating tubes that would turn garbage and sewage sludge into compost. 2. A session in a club where anyone may perform songs, stand-up comedy, etc. Chiefly attributive, esp. in open mike night. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session session1927 jam1929 jam session1929 clambake1937 skiffle1946 bash1949 blow1962 open mike1978 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Jan. After some college appearances doing lead-ins for Don McLean and others, they sang on an ‘open mike’ night at Gallagher's about two years ago. 1991 J. Keenan Putting on Ritz (1992) iii. 26 Even then he was morbidly sensitive about his image and didn't much like having a wife who could regularly be glimpsed getting the bird at open mike nights. 1994 Hispanic Oct. 18/1 Mencia signed up for an open mike slot at the Laugh Factory. When he finished his routine..the crowd's laughter signaled the beginning of a promising new career. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928 |
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