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单词 grandstander
释义

grandstandern.

Brit. /ˈɡran(d)standə/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌstændər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandstand n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < grandstand n. + -er suffix1. With later use in sense 2 compare grandstand v.
1. A person who occupies a seat in a grandstand.In early use also hyphenated or as two separate words.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator > in gallery or grandstand
gallery-man1607
grandstander1874
1874 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Oct. 3/3 The spectacle of..many acres of railed emptiness is a trying one from which the grand standers ought to be spared.
1891 Sporting Times (N.Y.) 23 May 3/3 During the four New York games there were never less than 2,200 people at a game, and 50 per cent of the patrons here were ‘grand-standers’.
1949 School Musician Dec. 17/2 (caption) Entertaining pro football grandstanders at Yankee Stadium..has become a habit of the Baldwin Long Island High School Band.
1964 T. Fielding Fielding's Trav. Guide Europe 1487 Between its April 30 kickoff and its October 25 final whistle, 15-thousand grandstanders are expected to rub elbows.
2010 D. J. Reis How Santa Lost His Jollies ii. 26 Santa..began running around the stadium like a crazy man,..shouting..over the jeers of the less than appreciative grandstanders.
2. Originally U.S. A player who appears to seek the approval of the spectators rather than concentrating on the playing of the game; (in extended use) a person whose words or actions are motivated primarily by the desire to attract attention or gain approval (cf. grandstand v.).
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person
peacocka1425
ruffler1536
struttera1591
flaunter1598
glisterer1628
tulip1647
parader1747
swasher1821
swash1824
dazzler1839
rooster1840
show-off1841
swankera1846
Vanity-Fairian1847
grandstander1896
spotlighter1907
swank1913
swankpot1914
showboat1932
showboater1941
pavisander1950
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players
server1585
free agent1649
benchwarmer1662
puncher1681
sticker1779
hard hitter1790
hitter1813
go-devil1835
beneficiaire1841
colt1846
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
left-hander1864
attack1869
cap1879
international1882
roadman1886
big leaguer1887
homester1887
sand lotter1887
badger1890
internationalist1892
repeater1893
anchorman1895
grandstander1896
stylist1897
homebrew1903
letterman1905
toss-loser1906
fouler1908
rookie1908
mudder1912
sharpshooter1912
pro-amateur1919
receiver1919
southpaw1925
freestyler1927
hotshot1927
active1931
all-timer1936
iceman1936
wild card1940
scrambler1954
rounder1955
franchise1957
call-up1960
trialist1960
non-import1964
sandbagger1965
rebel1982
wide-body1986
1896 Delphos (Ohio) Daily Herald 10 July 4/4 The talk that our boys are grandstanders and give more time to the ladies than they do to playing [tennis] is silly.
1914 S. Blythe Fakers 163 That old grandstander, Rollins, is making a good deal of a row over the franchise matter.
1948 Sat. Evening Post 24 July 21/1 Editorial blasts..have described the general in many unflattering terms—namely: a blunderer; a grandstander; a bull in a china shop; a trouble causer.
1988 D. Carpenter God's Bedfellows iv. 100 This here Thorn guy, he was what we call a grandstander in hockey. Like, he plays for the crowd?
2010 Tablet 27 Mar. 28/1 By temperament and training, Hurd prefers the fixers to the grandstanders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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