单词 | applause |
释义 | applausen. 1. Approbation loudly expressed; acclamation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > shout of approval acclamation1562 applause1600 conclamation1651 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 2124/2 They should depart speaking last, cum applausu populi, with the reioising triumph of the people.] 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 143 Hearing applause and vniuersall shoute. View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 81 The Souldiers hearing his words gaue an applause. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 404 Loud applauses rend the vaulted sky. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 175 Applause rang out from a hundred thousand throats. 2. Demonstrative approbation, marked approval or commendation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] lofeOE heryingc897 lovingeOE hereworda1100 pricec1225 laudc1384 magnifyingc1384 allowancec1390 loange1390 lof-wordc1390 roosec1390 commendation1393 commendinga1400 presa1400 commendmentc1400 praisea1425 roosinga1425 lauding1489 lovage1489 laudationa1500 magnificationa1500 predication1528 extolling1558 advancement1564 celebrating1573 plauda1593 applause1600 extolment1604 panegyric1613 collaudation1623 commendatinga1625 say-well1629 renown1631 euge1658 extollation1661 eulogy1725 acclaim1759 eulogism1761 encomium1785 eulogium1803 commemoration1823 glorification1850 laudification1890 bualadh bos1908 kudos to ——1936 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] acclamation1541 plause?c1550 succlamation1566 applausion1576 plauda1593 applaud1598 applause1600 applauding1615 applaudity1623 epiphonema1655 acclaim1667 éclat1741 bualadh bos1908 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xii. sig. I2 Nothing goeth with full applause, that holdes not his perfection to the end. 1714 Spectator No. 610. ⁋5 We should not be led away by the Censures and Applauses of Men. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 17 The preacher understood the true value of popular applause. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 133 He has always conducted himself in such a manner as to gain my applause. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > formally or publicly expressed applause1612 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. x. 153 The Latine of Tully being the purest and best, by the generall applause of all the Learned. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > object of applause applause1623 1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A4 The applause! delight! the wonder of our Stage! Draft additions December 2005 applause line n. originally and chiefly U.S. Politics a line in a speech calculated to appeal to its audience and receive applause. ΚΠ 1924 W. Rogers Illiterate Digest 154 Every time a Politician gets in a speech, he digs up this Gettysburg quotation... Lincoln meant well, but he only succeeded in supplying an applause line for every Political Speaker who was stuck for a finish. 2003 Washington Post 1 July (Home ed.) a11/4 It's a good applause line for a crowd of red-meat political supporters. Draft additions December 2002 applause meter n. a device used to measure the volume of an audience's applause (and, hence, to gauge enthusiasm); also in figurative contexts; cf. clapometer n. ΚΠ 1937 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. x. 10/3 An applause meter, projected upon a screen, registers the reactions of the audience. 1955 Accounting Rev. 30 137/2 Demand for a course still on the drawing board can hardly be expected to register heavily on the student applause meter. 1986 S. J. Younger Human Values in Crit. Care Med. v. 111 [They] have used the media to publicize individual cases... We believe an ‘applause meter’ lacks the sophistication necessary in making such difficult resource allocation and social/medical/ethical decisions. 2001 Independent (Electronic ed.) 23 June The audience would then applaud each story—and a rather crude ‘applause meter’ (replete with a rickety arrow) would be superimposed on the screen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † applausev. Obsolete. = applaud v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] applause1596 applaud1598 plaud1598 acclaim1626 plaudit1640 ovation1894 eat up1911 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlix. 228 Her sweete Presence, so applaus'd as in Sea-stormes a Calme. 1628 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. O.T. xix, in Wks. (new ed.) 1286 That applaused consent of his [sc. Ahab's] rabble of Prophets. 1654 Trag. Alphonsus ii. 20 With a general voice applaus'd his death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1600v.1596 |
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