英语词汇audible edibles的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

audible edibles. A humorous name for popcorn. According to his obituary in the New York Times (February 19, 2004), Samuel Rubin (1919–2004), known as “Sam the Popcorn Man,” was largely responsible for the sale of popcorn in U.S. movie theaters. “Movies had prospered without popcorn until the Great Depression, when theater owners scrambled to make up for reduced ticket prices by turning to ‘audible edibles,’ ” Douglas Martin wrote in Rubin’s obituary. “The appetite of moviegoers was so great that from 1934 to 1940 the nation’s annual popcorn harvest grew from 5 million to 100 million pounds.”

词汇	audible edibles
词源	audible edibles. A humorous name for popcorn. According to his obituary in the New York Times (February 19, 2004), Samuel Rubin (1919–2004), known as “Sam the Popcorn Man,” was largely responsible for the sale of popcorn in U.S. movie theaters. “Movies had prospered without popcorn until the Great Depression, when theater owners scrambled to make up for reduced ticket prices by turning to ‘audible edibles,’ ” Douglas Martin wrote in Rubin’s obituary. “The appetite of moviegoers was so great that from 1934 to 1940 the nation’s annual popcorn harvest grew from 5 million to 100 million pounds.”
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