magic box

英語

名詞

magic box (複數 magic boxes)

1. (非正式，俗語) 電視
   • 1963, Scholastic Voice, 第 34 卷，第 14 頁:

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

     觀眾坐在「魔術盒子」前享受著娛樂。

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

     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.

     電視節目就是一場魔術表演。 […] 正是他 [華特‧克朗凱特] 出現在魔術盒子中的能力賦予了他宣稱擁有絕對真理所必需的巨大權威。