单词 | grandstander |
释义 | grandstandern. 1. A person who occupies a seat in a grandstand.In early use also hyphenated or as two separate words. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΘΚΠ 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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