单词 | baby show |
释义 | > as lemmasbaby show baby show n. originally U.S. a beauty contest in which babies are shown off. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > other shows or spectacles raree-show1718 cattle-show1815 flower-show1845 baby show1854 trade show1854 horse-show1856 dress parade1870 field show1870 bottle show1883 medicine show1903 aquacade1937 icecapade1940 talent show1955 1854 Boston Daily Atlas 2 Feb. A baby show has literally transpired... Six or eight babies were exhibited, dressed ‘up to the nines’. 1855 Family Economist Nov. 160 The stupidest exhibitions lately heard of, are the Baby-show, now being got up in this country, in foolish imitation of the same foolish thing in America. 1930 ‘R. Crompton’ William's Happy Days viii. 166 Oughter be in a baby show. 1990 R. S. Milne & D. K. Mauzy Singapore i. 11 Goh Chok Tong appropriately enough at a baby show asked if the policy should not be changed from ‘two is enough’ to ‘three is better’. < as lemmas |
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