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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈtɛntˌpoʊl/

名詞

tentpole (plural tentpoles)

1. One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
2. (US, attributive, figurative, film, television, theater) A large-scale entertainment production that is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors.
   • 2016 May 18, David Sims, “The Outcry Against the All-Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake Gets Louder”, in The Atlantic‎:

     His [James Rolfe's] reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer—that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.

派生語

• tentpole film
• tentpole movie
• tentpole project
• tentpole property

動詞

tentpole (third-person singular simple present tentpoles, present participle tentpoling, simple past and past participle tentpoled)

1. (broadcasting) To schedule a popular programme between two newer or less popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch them.

   Coordinate term: hammock