| 单词 | the tube |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Tube the Tube colloquial the underground railway network in London.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.extracted from tuben.the tube k. the tube, television, a television set; cf. box n.2. See also boob tube n.1 colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > television set television set1924 television1929 home video1949 TV1949 box1950 transistor set1953 telly1954 idiot box1955 monitor1957 boob tube1959 goggle-box1959 transportable1959 the tube1959 portable1960 set1961 widescreen1982 1959 [see sense 2i]. 1965 Sunday News (N.Y.) 4 Oct. 2 She..is making a name for herself as a singer on the tube. 1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 1 ii. 1 Let's catch the late show on the boob tube. 1972 Observer 31 Dec. 24/1 Turning to the tube in order to redress the balance with a spot of the old festive vulgarity. 1977 M. French Women's Room ii. viii. 87 I sit and watch the stupid boob tube. 1979 Radio Times 11 Aug. 19/1 ‘I see you on the tube a lot,’ an American said to me recently in a pub. ‘Oh really,’ I replied, ‘the Piccadilly line?’ ‘No,’ he said, ‘the tube, the dream machine.’ < as lemmas |
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