billboard
/ˈbɪlbɔːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɪlbɔːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbil-ˌbȯrd/ (ame, mw)
billboard — 名詞
- billboardsingular
- billboardsplural
1. a huge outdoor sign, usually placed beside a highway or on the wall of a tall bu
廣告看板
設於路邊或大樓外的大型廣告板
a huge outdoor sign, usually placed beside a highway or on the wall of a tall building, that shows paid advertising messages to people passing by.
A giant billboard near the airport showed a smiling tourist holding a beach umbrella.
機場附近一塊巨大的廣告看板上，一位微笑的遊客拿著海灘陽傘。
noun phrase: a giant billboard
Fadi saw a huge billboard for the new pizza shop as she drove down Main Street.
Fadi 開車經過主街時，看到一塊新披薩店的巨大廣告看板。
collocation: a billboard for [product]
The mayor wants to remove old billboards from the highway between Taipei and Taichung.
市長想把台北到台中之間高速公路旁的舊廣告看板拆掉。
Drivers on Highway 5 often slow down to read the funny billboards above the bridge.
國道五號上的駕駛常常會放慢速度，看橋上那些有趣的廣告看板。
Vesna painted his face on a huge billboard to win votes in the local election.
Vesna 把自己的臉印在一塊巨大的廣告看板上，希望贏得地方選舉。
文法句型
a billboard for + noun
on a billboard
用法筆記
Subject is usually an inanimate object (sign, board) or the company that buys the space. Frequently appears with prepositions 'on a billboard' (the surface) and 'for X' (the product advertised).
常見錯誤
2. a printed picture displayed in front of a cinema, theatre, or concert hall to an
戲院海報
戲院或劇院前宣傳節目的大張海報
a printed picture displayed in front of a cinema, theatre, or concert hall to announce which movie, stage show, or concert is currently being performed there.
The billboard outside the old theatre showed Ilya dressed as Juliet under a moon.
舊劇院外的看板上，Ilya 扮成茱麗葉，站在月亮下方。
collocation: billboard outside [venue]
Fans gathered around the billboard for the new Marvel film at the cinema entrance.
影迷們聚在電影院門口，圍著新漫威電影的海報看板。
collocation: billboard for [film/play]
Workers were hanging a fresh billboard for the summer musical when the rain began.
工人們正掛上夏季音樂劇的新海報看板，這時雨就下了起來。
Mr. Gita stopped to admire the colourful billboard for the children's circus.
Mr. Gita 停下腳步，欣賞那張色彩繽紛的兒童馬戲團海報看板。
文法句型
a billboard for + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is tied to entertainment venues (cinema, theatre) and shows a single show's poster, not a paid roadside ad. Often used with 'outside' or 'in front of' a named venue.
常見錯誤
billboard — 動詞
- billboardpresent simple I / you / we / they
- billboards3rd person singular
- billboarding-ing form
- billboardedpast simple
1. to advertise a product, person, or event in a very showy, public way, treating i
力捧；炒作
以極張揚的方式公開推銷某人或某物
to advertise a product, person, or event in a very showy, public way, treating it as something everyone should notice — for example, putting an actor's name in huge letters across a poster.
The studio billboarded Ilya as the next big star of romantic comedies.
片廠把 Ilya 力捧為下一位浪漫喜劇的大明星。
pattern: billboard + person + as + role
The publisher billboarded the new novel across every train station in Taipei.
出版社在台北每個火車站都大力宣傳這本新小說。
pattern: billboard + object + across + location
Critics said the festival had been billboarded too heavily before the lineup was even ready.
評論家說，這個音樂節在演出陣容還沒確定前就被炒作得太過頭。
The record label billboarded the young singer as the voice of a whole generation.
唱片公司把這位年輕歌手力捧為一整個世代的代表聲音。
- downplay
to make something seem less important than it is
文法句型
billboard + noun
billboard + noun + as + noun
用法筆記
Frequently passive: 'be billboarded as X.' Often carries a slight negative tone, hinting that the promotion is excessive or hollow. Used mainly in journalism and entertainment writing, not in everyday speech.