television
US: /ˈtɛɫəˌvɪʒən/
UK: /tˈɛlɪvˌɪʒən/
UK: /tˈɛlɪvˌɪʒən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
television /'teli,viʤn/
- danh từ
- sự truyền hình
- television set: máy truyền hình
- sự truyền hình
Advanced English dictionary
(abbreviation TV)
+ noun
1 (also television set) (also BrE informal telly) [C] a piece of electrical equipment with a screen on which you can watch programmes with moving pictures and sounds: a colour television + to turn the television on / off
2 (also BrE informal telly) [U] the programmes broadcast on television: We don't do much in the evenings except watch television.
3 [U] the system, process or business of broadcasting television programmes: satellite / terrestrial / digital television + the television news + a television series / documentary + a television company / presenter + I'd like to work in television (= for a television company).
See also -
Idioms: on (the) television (also informal on TV) (also BrE informal on the telly) being broadcast by television; appearing in a television programme: What's on television tonight? + Is there anything good on the telly tonight? + It was on TV yesterday. + I recognize you. Aren't you on television?
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
TV, video (receiver), small screen, Colloq box, idiot box, Brit telly, US boob tube, Slang tube, Brit goggle-box:
My television was not working over the weekend.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
cable, closed-circuit, digital, high-definition, satellite, terrestrial | commercial, state | local, national | live
Millions watched the events on live television.
| black-and-white, colour | portable
VERB + TELEVISION
watch
The children watched television for most of the evening.
TELEVISION + VERB
broadcast sth, screen sth
The state television screened pictures of the trial.
TELEVISION + NOUN
chat show, comedy, documentary, drama, film, news, programme, series, show | debate, interview | advert/advertisement, commercial | audience, viewer | personality, presenter | actor, director | character | cameraman, crew | journalist | appearance
She recalled her first television appearance forty years ago.
| career | coverage, exposure
The Olympics receive extensive television coverage.
| adaptation
a television adaptation of the popular novel
| camera | aerial | channel, network, station | licence | business, company, industry, service | monitor, receiver, set | screen | aerial
PREP.
in ~
She works in television.
| in front of the ~
He spends hours in front of the television every night.
| on ~
We were watching the news on television.
Concise English dictionary
televisions
+broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
+an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
+a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
