| 单词 | british broadcasting company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBritish Broadcasting Company British Broadcasting Company n. a private company formed in 1922 by a group of radio manufacturers in order to establish national radio broadcasts in the United Kingdom (reconstituted and renamed in 1927 as the British Broadcasting Corporation); abbreviated B.B.C. (see B.B.C. n.). ΚΠ 1922 Westm. Gaz. 19 Oct. 7/6 The British Broadcasting Company will broadcast news, information, concerts, lectures, educational matter, speeches, weather reports, and theatrical entertainments. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water ii. 66 He's got a job with the British Broadcasting Company... He does the noises off. 2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) i. 12 And in 1922 the British Broadcasting Company—not yet a corporation—opened a proper service, under the leadership of a dour and driven Scottish engineering manager called John Reith. < as lemmas |
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