magic box

英语

名词

magic box (复数 magic boxes)

1. (非正式，俗语) 电视
   • 1963, Scholastic Voice, 第 34 卷，第 14 页:

     The viewer sits in front of the "magic box," being entertained.

     观众坐在“魔术盒子”前享受着娱乐。

   • 2009, Marianne van den Boomen, Digital Material: Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology，第 174 页:

     A television program is a magic act. […] It was his [Walter Cronkite's] ability to appear in the magic box that gave him the tremendous authority necessary to lay claim to the absolute truth.

     电视节目就是一场魔术表演。 […] 正是他 [华特‧克朗凯特] 出现在魔术盒子中的能力赋予了他宣称拥有绝对真理所必需的巨大权威。