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单词 scene-making
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scene-making
scene-making n. the action or fact of making a display of exaggerated behaviour or strong emotion; the action of causing a scene (sense 11); cf. to make a scene at Phrases 7b.In quot. 1825: over-dramatized writing.
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1825 N.Y. Rev. Aug. 227 Bating a little exaggeration, and a little too much scene-making, the materials of the story are skilfully disposed.
1838 J. Grant Brit. Senate I. 186 It was impossible, by any conceivable means, to have made the confusion which now prevailed ‘worse confounded’. The force of scene-making could no further go.
1973 Skiing Dec. 153/1 Well, there's a lot more shoving, honking, and scene-making going on at Stowe than, say, at Vail or Steamboat.
2003 L. Faderman Naked in Promised Land xii. 221 On the bus I was suddenly embarrassed by my ‘acting out’, as Mark called hysterical scene-making.
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