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Presentation of English for Media. television. 林律裕 993d0901 方宏傑 994c0905 黃峻瑋 994c0045. television (n). a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box with a screen, on which you can watch programs 電視機 a widescreen television
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Presentation of English for Media television 林律裕 993d0901 方宏傑 994c0905 黃峻瑋 994c0045
television (n) • a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box with a screen, on which you can watch programs 電視機 • a widescreen television • the business of making and broadcasting programs on television 電視圈, 電視業 • Jean works in television. • the programs broadcast in this way 電視 • I like to relax and watch television. • broadcast or being broadcast on television 播送電視 • What's on television tonight?
television • The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots, meaning "far sight": Greek tele, far, and Latin visio, sight. • 1900 And We Called It Television • At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held. That is where Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television." • tv: 1948, shortened form of television • television set, tv set • television receiver, tv receiver
TV channels • BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation • CNN: Cable News Network • ABC: American Broadcasting Company • CBS: Columbia Broadcasting System • NBC: National Broadcasting Company
TV channels in Taiwan • TTV: Taiwan Television Enterprise • CTV: China Television Company • CTS: Chinese Television System • FTV: Formosa Television • ETTV: Eastern Broadcasting Company • SET: Sanlih E-television • TVBS: Television Broadcasts
TV • MTV: Music Television • a US television company whose programs are shown around the world. It broadcasts popular music and videos of the singers or groups performing it. • MTV ≠MV (Music Video) • KTV: Karaoke Television
Phrases • black-and-white TV 黑白電視 • monochrome TV 黑白電視 • color TV 彩色電視 • satellite TV 衛星電視 • closed circuit television 閉路電視 • digital television 數位電視 • breakfast television 晨間的電視節目 • TV license 電視許可證 • TV license fee 電視許可證費 • BBC: You need a TV license to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, set-top box, video or DVD recorder, computer or mobile phone to watch or record TV programs as they are being shown on TV. • TV license dodger 逃漏電視許可者 • TV audience 電視觀眾 • TV channel 電視頻道 • TV dinner 電視餐 • TV guide 電視導覽 • TV station 電視台 • TV program 電視節目 • TV show 電視節目 • TV announcer 電視播音員 • TV newsman 電視記者 • TV reporter 電視記者 • TV star 電視明星 • TV camera 電視攝影機 • TV monitor 電視螢幕 • TV-antenna 電視天線
Related terms • Televise (v) 播送電視節目 • to broadcast something on television • The game wastelevised live on ABC. • Televisual (adj) 電視的 • relating to television • a major televisual event like the Olympics
Derived terms • televangelism (n) 電視福音傳道 • television + evangelism • televangelist (n) 電視福音傳道者 • television + evangelist
Informal words for television • Informal words for television are the tube in the US, and the box or the telly in Britain.
tube • American English informal television • The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959, short for cathode ray tube or picture tube. • What's on the tube tonight? • boob tube: • In American and Canadian slang, boob tube is a term used for a television set. The term usually carries a negative or humorous connotation, as it comes from the words boob (a foolish person) and tube (from the television's cathode ray tube) • Television: "Parents complain about the quality of the shows but don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob tube"(David Owen). • 沒有映象管的電視, 如LCD, 不適合用tube這個字
box • British English informal television • goggle box: British Slang • idiot box • the shit box
telly • British English informal television • origin: 1935–40; tel(evision) + -y
Colloquial names • small screen • cultural barbiturate • Barbiturate, 一類有機化合物,臨床上用作鎮靜、催眠或麻醉藥的輔助藥。 • opium of the masses • the cyclops • glass teat • electronic babysitter • plebvision cyclops