billboard
billboard — noun
1. a huge outdoor sign, usually placed beside a highway or on the wall of a tall bu
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.
noun phrase: a giant billboard
Fadi saw a huge billboard for the new pizza shop as she drove down Main Street.
collocation: a billboard for [product]
The mayor wants to remove old billboards from the highway between Taipei and Taichung.
Drivers on Highway 5 often slow down to read the funny billboards above the bridge.
Vesna painted his face on a huge billboard to win votes in the local election.
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
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.
collocation: billboard outside [venue]
Fans gathered around the billboard for the new Marvel film at the cinema entrance.
collocation: billboard for [film/play]
Workers were hanging a fresh billboard for the summer musical when the rain began.
Mr. Gita stopped to admire the colourful billboard for the children's circus.
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 — verb
1. to advertise a product, person, or event in a very showy, public way, treating i
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.
pattern: billboard + person + as + role
The publisher billboarded the new novel across every train station in Taipei.
pattern: billboard + object + across + location
Critics said the festival had been billboarded too heavily before the lineup was even ready.
The record label billboarded the young singer as the voice of a whole generation.
- 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.