| 词汇 | television |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1907, "the action of seeing by means of Hertzian waves or otherwise, what is existing or happening at a place concealed or distant from the observer's eyes" [OED]; in theoretical discussions about sending images by radio transmission, formed in English or borrowed from Fr. télévision, from tele- + vision. Other proposals for the name of this then-hypothetical technology were telephote (1880) and televista (1904). The technology was developed in the 1920s and '30s. Nativized in Ger. as Fernsehen."Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everyone and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want." [Clive Barnes, "New York Times," Dec. 30, 1969]Meaning "a television set" is from 1955. Shortened form TV is from 1948. 词根记忆： n. 电视(tele+vis看+ion→看远方→通过电看→电视)[tele=fur表示"远",引申为"电",电从远方来] |
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