death star

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

death stars 复数 death stars

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)

    加拿大 美国 非正式 过时 俚语 媒体

词源

From death + star: star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media.

来源:wiktionary