boob tube

短语

n. 电视机

发音

US

词形变化

boob tubes 复数 boob tubes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A television.

    过时 贬义 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

tv television telly goggle box idiot box television receiver television set TV set

上位词 1

receiver

部分词 3

kinescope picture tube television tube

整体词 1

television

词源

* (television): An allusion to the idiocy of television programming and the supposed audience for such (boobs) and that the televisions of that era used cathode ray tube (CRT) vacuum tube displays. First use appears c. 1959, in the The Herald Journal. * (clothing): Due to the clothing being a tube-like garment that covers the breasts (boobs) of a woman. First use appears c. 1977, in the Daily Mail.

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