boob tube

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A television. dated,derogatory,informal
    — Pictured on boob-tubes innumerable, babbled on travelling transistors Australia-wide.
  2. A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back. informal
    — A midget prostitute in heels and a boob tube was walking on the bar.

词形变化

boob tubes plural

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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