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 See full dictionary entry for stand 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] 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He joined the stand-up circuit in 1977. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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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