tentpoleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

tentpole (複数形 tentpoles)

1. One of the poles used to hold up a tent.
2. (US, attributive, figuratively, 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^[1]:

     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