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television (n)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?

televisiontelevision 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 Con

gress 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 channelsTV channels

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation CNN: Cable News Network ABC: American Broadcasting Company CBS: Columbia Broadcasting System NBC: National Broadcasting Company

TV channels in TaiwanTV 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

TVTV

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

PhrasesPhrases 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

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

Related termsRelated terms

Televise (v) 播送電視節目 to broadcast something on television

The game was televised live on ABC.

Televisual (adj) 電視的 relating to television

a major televisual event like the Olympics

Derived terms 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 televisionInformal words for television

Informal words for television are the tube in the US, and the box or the telly in Britain.

tubetube American English informal television The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959, short for c

athode 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

boxbox

British English informal television goggle box: British Slang idiot box the shit box

tellytelly

British English informal television origin:

1935–40; tel(evision) + -y

Colloquial namesColloquial 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

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