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单词 idiot box
释义

idiot box

noun

: television

Synonyms

  • boob tube
  • box
  • television
  • telly [chiefly British]
  • tube
  • TV
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Example Sentences

she declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home
Recent Examples on the Web But the idiot box has also inspired arguably his worst projects, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The Newsroom, sanctimonious and stupefyingly self-serious accounts of the woes of content creation. Jason Bailey, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021 All those childhood years in front of the idiot box could now be considered research — a lifetime of training, cleverly disguised as sloth. Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020 Sometimes, television gets insulted as a vast wasteland or idiot box. Freep.com, 8 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1955, in the meaning defined above

idiot box

noun

as in television
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound she declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • TV
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  • home theater
  • plasma
  • LCD
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