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- [ 'tεlə .vɪʒən]
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- television [ 'tεlə .vɪʒən] [ 'telɪ .vɪʒən]
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- television ['tεlɪ,vɪʒən]
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the system or process of producing on a distant screen a series of transient visible images, usually with an accompanying sound signal. Electrical signals, converted from optical images by a camera tube, are transmitted by UHF or VHF radio waves or by cable and reconverted into optical images by means of a television tube inside a television set
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television set a device designed to receive and convert incoming electrical signals into a series of visible images on a screen together with accompanying sound
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the content, etc, of television programmes
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the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes
- he's in television
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of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals
- a television transmitter
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Abbreviation TV
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[Etymology]
C20: from
tele- +vision
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the system or process of producing on a distant screen a series of transient visible images, usually with an accompanying sound signal. Electrical signals, converted from optical images by a camera tube, are transmitted by UHF or VHF radio waves or by cable and reconverted into optical images by means of a television tube inside a television set
Examples
- a fringe area of television reception
- 电视接收边缘区 → fringe
- mister Television
- 电视台先生 → mister
- Television sells many products.
- 电视能帮着推销许多产品。 → sell
- She put her keys on top of the television.
- 她把钥匙放在了电视机上面。
- He was watching television when the door bell rang.
- 门铃响的时候，他正在看电视。 → television
- She has a small television set in her room.
- 她房间里有一个小型电视机。 → television
- He had a television interview with a journalist.
- 他接受了一个记者的电视采访。 → television
- Black-and-white television is old fashion.
- 黑白电视机已经过时了。
- You should buy a color television.
- 你应该买一台彩色电视机。
- We bought a new television set.
- 我们新买了台电视机。 → set
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