| 释义 |
music while you work /ˌmjuːzɪk wʌɪl juː ˈwəːk/Chiefly British. Now chiefly historical nounContinuous light music played to workers, especially in a factory; a radio broadcast of such music.- From 1940 to 1967, the Forces Programme of the BBC (from 1945, the Light Programme) produced a daily broadcast with this title, originally intended to improve morale and productivity among factory workers during the Second World War (1939–45)..
Origin 1950s; earliest use found in John Betjeman (1906–1984), poet, writer, and broadcaster. From the title of a radio programme Music while you work from music + while + you adjective noun + work. |