| 单词 | boogie box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboogie box boogie box n. colloquial (originally U.S.) (a) a piano (rare, now disused); (b) a large portable stereo radio and cassette or CD player (now somewhat dated); cf. boom box n. at boom n.1 Compounds. ΚΠ 1937 Down Beat Dec. 47/2 On the left Mel Hencke who plays a little bit of alright on the ‘boogie box’ is seated directly above Jimmie. 1941 Collier's Weekly 20 Dec. 26/1 We got a little novelty number. A terrific break on the toms! Strictly bucket with a boogie-box background! 1980 Washington Post 21 Aug. b1/5 Radios are not going away... On the street, they're called boogie boxes by some. But at Radio Shack, mention ‘monsters’. 1986 M. Palin Diary 8 Oct. in Halfway to Hollywood (2009) 440 Tom is 18. We give him £84 towards a ‘boogie box’. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 Dec. My wife runs a..dance and mobility class..and she is finding it increasingly difficult to carry..her cassettes, CDs, and a 1990s boogie box to play them on. < as lemmas |
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