| 释义 |
lionize, v.|ˈlaɪənaɪz|
[f. lion + -ize.]
1. trans. To visit the ‘lions’ of (a place); to visit or go over (a place of interest).
1838Ticknor Life, Lett. & Jrnls. II. viii. 157 Eager to lionize the town with us. 1852E. Lear Jrnls. Painter in S. Calabria 75 Lionising the church and convent. 1863Ouida Held in Bondage (1870) 32 The time to lionise Cambridge is May and June. 1883Ld. R. Gower My Remin. II. xxi. 20 The next day..I passed at Northampton, lionising the different buildings of interest in the place.
2. a. To show the ‘lions’ to (a person). Also absol. b. To show the ‘lions’ of (a place).
1830Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Edin. Rev. L. 535 Mr. Southey very hospitably takes an opportunity to lionize [Ess. 1843 I. 228 escort] the ghost round the lakes. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 135, I want you to lionise an old friend of mine, who has the ambition to ‘do’ Connemara under your guidance. 1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xxv. (1889) 238 I'm not in the humour to be dancing about lionizing. 1870Disraeli Lothair xxiv, He had lionised the distinguished visitors during the last few days over the University. 1875Buckland Log-bk. 189 The vicar then lionised the church. 1881E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 475, I was lionized over some things new to me, and some that I was glad to see again.
3. intr. To see the ‘lions’ of a place.
1825C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 137 We sallied forth to lionize..which is the Oxford term for gazing about, usually applied to strangers. 1847R. W. Church Let. 6 Feb. in Life & Lett. (1897) 80 We got in yesterday [at Malta] at 1.30, and have been lionising since. 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara xviii. 312, I was soon compelled to desist from all attempts to lionize, as ophthalmia rendered the light intolerable.
4. trans. To treat (a person) as a ‘lion’ or celebrity; to make a ‘lion’ of.
1809Scott in Lockhart Life xix, They cannot lionize me without my returning the compliment and learning something from them. 1864Spectator No. 1875. 639 During the height of the Russian War, Russians were as safe in London as in St. Petersburg, were, indeed rather lionized.
5. intr. To be a ‘lion’.
1834Fraser's Mag. IX. 64 This is quite fame enough for any one, and upon the strength of it he may continue to lionise.
Hence ˈlionizing vbl. n.; lioniˈzation, the action of the vb.; ˈlionizer, one who lionizes.
1829Froude in Rem. (1838) I. 239, I got within the baleful influence of Lionisers, and was pestered out of my wits by humbugging guides. 1837Lockhart Life of Scott lxxiii, The pernicious and degrading trickery of lionizing. 1841Dickens Let. in Life (1872) I. xv. 229 The horrors of lionization. 1851R. F. Burton Goa 268 A glimpse of scenery that even a jaded lionizer would admire. 1857A. Mathews Tea-Table T. I. 100 Her lionizing mania had reached to fever point. 1861C. F. Bromley Wom. Wand. West. World 34 In a hurried journey one gets sadly tired of lionising. 1864‘C. Bede’ in Lond. Soc. VI. 27/1 The country cousins will retain but a very vague remembrance of their Oxford lionizings. 1887Frith Autobiog. II. xxix. 346 The lion was Tom Moore, the poet; and the lionizers, consisting chiefly of ladies [etc.]. 1890‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 462 Antonia had to submit to the lionisation of her husband. |