| 释义 |
ˈstardom
[-dom.]
The world or status of ‘star’ actors; the status of a celebrity or star performer in other spheres of activity. Also fig.
1865Times 6 Sept. 12 The theatres of New York differ from each other in their power of giving lustre to Stardom. 1901C. Morris Life on Stage xxv. 203 At the curtain's fall her stardom was over. 1927Radio Times 21 Oct. 143/2 From a clerkship in an insurance office to ‘stardom’ at a Royal Variety Performance is a long step. 1941‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman xvi. 177 ‘I fancy lady Macbeth had put in a good deal of quiet work before the play opens, telling her husband what a worm he was.’ ‘Grooming him for evil stardom?’ 1951Sport 16–22 Mar. 13/3 Quietly plodding the hard road to stardom is Terry Webster, goalkeeper of Derby County. 1977New Yorker 9 May 143/2 The media..impel a Prime Minister to seek stardom at the expense of the Cabinet. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1d/3 Giangardella has been tackling opponents since he was a fourth grader at Mt. Carmel Elementary School back in Niles. He went on to stardom at Niles McKinley High School. |