| 单词 | billboard |
| 释义 | billboard (once / 2920 pages) n A billboard is a giant roadside sign. You might pass several billboards on the highway advertising a car dealership, a restaurant, or anything else someone paid to have on a billboard big enough to be seen by passing cars. When a company decides how to advertise, it may buy Internet ads, TV commercials, newspaper spreads, or billboard advertisements. A billboard is a good way for a business to catch people's attention, because it’s so big and a commuter may drive or walk past it five times a week. The word billboard first appeared in American English in the 1840s, meaning the board or wall where posters or handbills could be pasted. Billboard is also the name of a music magazine. WORD FAMILYbillboard: billboards USAGE EXAMPLESBillboards, TV and radio adverts all portrayed him as the face of a state hungry for success and growth. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Her representative told Billboard the producers "set her up to fail". BBC(Jan 02, 2017) At night it’s brightly illuminated by giant billboards and huge screens playing pop-music performances. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) n large outdoor signboard Syn|Hyper hoarding sign, signboard structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted |
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