| 单词 | standing room only |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding room only standing room only: used to indicate that standing room is the only form of accommodation available at a performance, venue, etc., typically due to its unusual popularity; abbreviated S.R.O. (see S.R.O. n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1).In quot. 1831 perhaps not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1831 Norfolk Chron. & Norwich Gaz. 16 July The Lowther steam packet..arrived..literally crammed with passengers, upwards of 300 person being on board, and who were obliged to be content with standing room only. 1863 Philadelphia Inquirer 2 Jan. 6/4 ‘Standing room only,’ was the cry of the Treasurers of the Walnut and Arch Street Theatres last evening. 1910 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 5 Nov. 2/2 The Davenport Lady Minstrels opened their season in Asheville, N.C., recently, to standing room only. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves ix. 101 The place being loaded down above the Plimsoll mark and standing room only as regarded tortured souls. 1981 G. Thompson Murder Myst. xix. 146 That bar is mobbed. Standing room only. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 3 Dec. 18/2 It wasn't until Dede Brooks took the stand for her J'accuse moment that the gallery became standing room only. < as lemmas |
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