单词 | peanut gallery |
释义 | peanut gallery (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY peanut gallery USAGE EXAMPLESFrom high up in the peanut gallery, the musicians below may look distant, but there is nothing remote about the way they sound. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) There’s still that peanut gallery to consider, however, when it comes to garnishing the broccoli. Wall Street Journal(Nov 02, 2016) He plays to the peanut gallery with soundbites that vary from the bizarre to the highly offensive. The Guardian(Oct 07, 2016) 1n (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance) he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery Hyper people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively 2n rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats Syn|Hyper family circle, second balcony, upper balcony area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function |
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