tentpole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈtɛntˌpoʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
  2. A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors. US,attributive,figuratively
    — His [James Rolfe's] reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer—that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.
动词 v.
  1. To schedule a popular programme between two newer or less popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch them.

词形变化

tentpoles plural tentpoles present,singular,third-person tentpoling participle,present tentpoled participle,past tentpoled past

词汇关系

衍生词
tentpole film tentpole movie tentpole project tentpole property

词源

词源 1
From tent + pole.
词源 2
From tent + pole.
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