Re: black-out date
Posted by glotynn on 2006/9/20 22:40:07
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根據Lynn所列舉的第6項: a time during which a special commercial offer (as of tickets) is not valid -- usually used attributively <blackout dates>
使我想起了某些貴賓卡的優惠:「憑本卡來店用餐五折, 但聖誕夜、國農曆除夕、母親節及中西情人節除外.」
其中所列的除外日子都叫作black-out date吧?
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Yup, I presume that black-out date is equivalent to blind date. That's like during a blackout (during power failure or when the light is turned off), everyone seeks for his/her own sexual partner by luck.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
lynn wrote:
blackout
1 a : a turning off of the stage lighting to separate scenes in a play or end a play or skit; also : a skit that ends with a blackout b : a period of darkness enforced as a precaution against air raids c : a period of darkness (as in a city) caused by a failure of electrical power
2 : a transient dulling or loss of vision, consciousness, or memory <an alcoholic blackout>
3 a : a wiping out : OBLITERATION b : a blotting out by censorship : SUPPRESSION <a news blackout>
4 : a usually temporary loss of a radio signal
5 : the prohibition or restriction of the telecasting of a sports event
6 : a time during which a special commercial offer (as of tickets) is not valid -- usually used attributively <blackout dates>
source: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=blackout
根據Lynn所列舉的第6項: a time during which a special commercial offer (as of tickets) is not valid -- usually used attributively <blackout dates>
使我想起了某些貴賓卡的優惠:「憑本卡來店用餐五折, 但聖誕夜、國農曆除夕、母親節及中西情人節除外.」
其中所列的除外日子都叫作black-out date吧?
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JohnC wrote:
Perhaps you meant "blind date"?
Yup, I presume that black-out date is equivalent to blind date. That's like during a blackout (during power failure or when the light is turned off), everyone seeks for his/her own sexual partner by luck.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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