idiot box

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Television. Canada,US,idiomatic
    — During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.

词形变化

idiot boxes plural

词源

From idiot + box, an allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.
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