1948, shortened form of television (q.v.). Spelled out as tee-vee from 1949. TV dinner (1954), made to be eaten from a tray while watching a television set, is a proprietary name registered by Swanson & Sons, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
权威例句
1. She had heard the news-flash on a TV channel's news update.
她在一家电视台的新闻快讯中听到了这则简明新闻。
2. She was a TV reporter and worked long hours.
她是个电视台记者,总是工作到很晚。
3. Bill would turn up the TV in the other room.
比尔会把另一个房间里的电视声音开大。
4. TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas.
电视正从广播节目中汲取灵感。
5. TV firms were later banned from screening any pictures of the demo.