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单词 stand up
释义
stand up
1.  stand [sense 1], stand [sense 2]
2. phrasal verb
If something such as a claim or a piece of evidence stands up, it is accepted as true or satisfactory after being carefully examined.
He made wild accusations that did not stand up. [VERB PARTICLE]
How well does this thesis stand up to close examination? [VERB PARTICLE + to]
3. phrasal verb B2
If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up, they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you. [informal]
We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
He was in a foul mood because he had been stood up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
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stand-up
also standup (plural stand-ups)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A stand-up comic or comedian stands alone in front of an audience and tells jokes.
He does all kinds of accents, he can do jokes–he could be a stand-up comic.
Sexism can make it difficult for woman trying to break into stand-up comedy.
Stand-up is also a noun.
...one of the worst stand-ups alive.
2. uncountable noun
Stand-up is stand-up comedy.
...getting by on likeability, professionalism and the kind of nerve you need to do stand-up.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If people have a stand-up argument or fight, they stand up and shout at each other or hit each other violently.
Collocations:
stand-up act
That careful pruning of my stand-up act had nothing to do with moral outrage or fear of the same.
Times, Sunday Times
I don't much care for comedians who want to repeat bits from their stand-up act, sitting down.
Times, Sunday Times
You also get a sizeable sliver of her winningly self-deprecating stand-up act, in which she talks about the trials of dating and how thin folk see people like her.
Times,Sunday Times
And, as anyone who's seen his stand-up act can attest, he certainly has the talent.
Globe and Mail
He worked as a copywriter for an ad agency by day, while honing his stand-up act at night.
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stand-up circuit
So will you soon be hitting the stand-up circuit?
Times, Sunday Times
She paid her dues on the notoriously maledominated stand-up circuit and insists that she never felt marginalised.
Times, Sunday Times
When they wed in 1970, he was a young comic on the stand-up circuit.
The Sun
In his spare time, he performed free comedy shows for a lengthy period in order to establish himself on the stand-up circuit.
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He joined the stand-up circuit in 1977.
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stand-up show
In his 2011 stand-up show of the same title, the answer was: slapstick misogynist.
Times, Sunday Times
I've never done a full stand-up show before.
The Sun
I spend the early part of the morning working on my stand-up show.
The Sun
The comic, 33, made six cruel jibes about the pair in a callous stand-up show.
The Sun
So, the biggest stand-up show of all time isn't also the most surprising stand-up show of all time.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 起立
Japanese: 起立する
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