| 单词 | famous |
| 释义 | famous (feɪməs ) adjective A2 Someone or something that is famous is very well known. New Orleans is famous for its cuisine. [+ for] ...England's most famous landscape artist, John Constable. Synonyms: well-known, celebrated, acclaimed, notable Idioms: famous last words said to mean that it is quite possible that your claim that something will definitely happen in a certain way will be proved wrong `All under control,' said Bertie. `Famous last words,' added Idris with a wide grin. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: famous landmark On a night out there, they stormed its most famous landmark. The Sun It has become the city's most famous landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The observation deck provides a vantage point looking up with the falls to the right, allowing photographers a full view of the famous landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Today it has become a famous landmark amongst geologists worldwide because of its exposed rock strata. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sedimentary rock types are varied around the area, but lava and volcanic ash (tuff) from various volcanic eruptions form this famous landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We should not be made to feel ashamed for queuing up to get into a famous monument while wearing sensible shoes. Times, Sunday Times All sorts of restorations of this famous monument have been proposed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cue lots of fantastic special effects as famous monuments bite the dust across the globe! The Sun Beyond the famous monuments, there were many urban centers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recently the wife of a famous movie star booked in her husband's name for five people at 8pm. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He is a famous movie star and really good-looking. The Sun (2013) The wife of a famous movie star rang to book at 8pm. Times, Sunday Times (2010) She looks beyond surface appearances to pick between a famous musician and an unknown songwriter. The Sun I once found a recording studio for an exceedingly famous musician. Times, Sunday Times These days he's the world's richest, most famous musician and a knight of the realm. The Sun Some were downright confused while others tipped the singer - who just happens to be the most famous musician in the world - for stardom. The Sun The second incident involved a famous musician whose identity she maddeningly refuses to divulge. Times, Sunday Times Your new love has a famous name. The Sun (2008) She's a familiar face rather than a famous name. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Formula One's mastermind last night rejected one of the biggest pay days in sport to make the most famous name in motor racing very jealous. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The club is now financially self-sufficient and the ground proudly bears its famous name again. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Our hero falls in love with the family - and they become the centre of his most famous novel. Times, Sunday Times He described it in his most famous novel, 1984, as holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously and accepting both of them. Times, Sunday Times She described it as 'the most desolate place on earth' and used it as a location in her famous novel. Times, Sunday Times His two most famous novels embodied darker obsessions. Times, Sunday Times Each week, one out of 50 famous novels of the 20th century was made available in hardcover at certain newsstands and in book shops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I know of one famous novelist who knocks off a blockbuster a year on nothing but coffee until dinner. Times, Sunday Times It was a terrifying soiree: a famous novelist, a fierce newspaper commentator, various other ambitious, successful and opinionated individuals - and me. Times, Sunday Times To her credit, the famous novelist offered to split her fee with him, but the organiser refused. Times, Sunday Times Chancellor complies, reluctantly, and soon becomes a famous novelist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nelly in turn loves spending time with the famous novelist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She told us that we had a famous painter as a grandfather, and that was it. Times, Sunday Times She was a famous painter and ivory engraver. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a famous painter who lived in a house on a cliff. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There, he became a famous painter of portraits; he painted over 700 portraits of the rich and famous of that time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also a famous painter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the palatial complex boasted a rich history long before the world’s most famous painting graced its walls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most art thieves are opportunist muttonheads, some of whom actually believe they can sell a famous painting when it's still hot off the wall. Times, Sunday Times In visiting an art gallery, we barely notice remarkable pieces lining the halls as we find our way to the gallery of a famous painting. Christianity Today Spot the famous painting settings. Times, Sunday Times Just as we do not accept a reproduction of a famous painting, we should not rely on images of gardens to convey a charge of emotion. Times, Sunday Times Work experience placements, arranged through parental connections, include blue-chip banks, film companies and a week in the studio of a famous photographer. Times, Sunday Times There's a famous photographer here. Times, Sunday Times The famous photographer wanted her to pose for him. Times, Sunday Times It combines images (by famous photographers) with texts by philosophers and pacifists. Times, Sunday Times The most famous photographers around the world will visit the festival. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather than it be decided by the great and the good, let the licence fee payer take back control, to use a famous phrase. Times,Sunday Times The crackpot ban was imposed after the egg industry tried to re-run ads that first used the famous phrase 50 years ago. The Sun Whoever first printed that speech and added the famous phrase apparently wanted very much to stand by it. Christianity Today In the final round, each team was asked to give the origin of a famous phrase or quotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These tools are used to mold the flow of light, a famous phrase for describing the goal of microphotonics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the last twenty-five years of his life, he regretted the frivolity of his youth, which enabled him to produce his most famous poem. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the words could be identified as coming from a famous poem or quotation, then all of the future traffic submitted in that poem code could be read. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His two most famous poems, though, are both early and are gleaned from his long walks. Times, Sunday Times His two most famous poems tell important truths. Times, Sunday Times In one sense he was right about giving her space, since it was during this period that she wrote her most famous poems. Times, Sunday Times What followed was what typically happens when a famous poet befriends an unknown. Times, Sunday Times But the world's most famous poet could not marry his secretary in secret, and the couple were inevitably tracked down by a fascinated press. Times, Sunday Times He was a famous poet and author of many books. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the one hand he was a famous poet, worthy of admiration and respect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Malik was a chief of some distinction, a warrior, noted for his generosity and a famous poet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's a famous quote about her saying she was 'made to live alone' and, for a while, that was true. Times, Sunday Times You must admit, that famous quote rings a little hollow now. The Sun Sometimes people use a famous quote to define their philosophy. Globe and Mail He encouraged his students to study law and it was to them he delivered his famous quote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also cited a famous quote of his, referencing himself anonymously and in the third person. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's an air of mischief and excitement here that's unusual for such a famous restaurant, so getting a reservation can be a battle. Times, Sunday Times For almost one hundred years it was a famous restaurant and coffee shop, when in the middle of the 20th century it was on decline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rooms and restaurant were renovated, and the famous restaurant was reborn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beginning in the 1920s, the villa accommodated a famous restaurant, up until the early 21st century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Maybe other famous restaurants will now employ playwrights rather than just cabaret. Times, Sunday Times A famous scene with a still, small voice. Christianity Today Does he bring too much snarling triumphalism to the famous scene in which he announces he's bought the orchard? Times, Sunday Times One particularly famous scene has her thrown to the lions. The Times Literary Supplement All those famous scenes have been recreated - yes, including that rolling stone ball. The Sun I've kept all the famous scenes and what was said in them. Times, Sunday Times Or maybe the world's most famous scientist simply wants to start his own line of merchandising. Times, Sunday Times Sure, the studio can make a bio-pic about a famous scientist but scientists tend to work too hard to have interesting lives. Times, Sunday Times The news that a famous scientist had unveiled an organism sometimes described - erroneously - as 'artificial life' could not have been timely or helpful. Times, Sunday Times He has become arguably the most famous scientist in the world — acclaimed for his brilliant research, for his bestselling books, and above all for his astonishing triumph over adversity. Times, Sunday Times Last month he celebrated his 75th birthday as arguably the most famous scientist in the world. Times, Sunday Times They have been called 'the northern nightingale' because they have a much greater range than the more famous singer. Times, Sunday Times Ten, and multiples of it, are lucky lottery clues and a competition linked to a famous singer can hit a high note. The Sun The world's most famous singer/songwriter, who's worth 500 million? Times, Sunday Times I wanted to be a famous singer too, but it seemed an impossible dream when none of them looked like me. The Sun Imagine that you are a famous singer. Times, Sunday Times Unlike the famous slogan for wood varnish, they very often don't do exactly what it says on the tin. Times, Sunday Times The famous slogan 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime' was a perfect description of the fact that both sides were right. Times, Sunday Times Seven years later, the famous slogan would adapt to even more significance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He swaggers nicely in his famous song, though. Times,Sunday Times It was as if he had learnt the simple wisdom of his most famous song. Times, Sunday Times He's as difficult to love as his most famous song, the ordeal by stylophone that gives the film its name. Times, Sunday Times The clue that it could happen was in her most famous song title. The Sun His best album and most famous song. Times, Sunday Times The use of the famous speech seems gratuitous in the bloodsucking circumstances. Times, Sunday Times At four hours' duration, his famous speech gave an ominous augury of later loquacity. Times, Sunday Times He directed himself to the rally, and gave a famous speech in which he detailed an ambitious program to redress labor grievances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most famous speeches were written at times of crisis. Times, Sunday Times He rose out of the chair, stood up, and gave a 5-7 minute oratory consisting of a collection of his famous speeches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was much older than me, and he was a famous star. Times, Sunday Times All are undeniably accomplished writers, and there isn't a whiff of indulgent side-project about their work, something which might have been present had a more famous star decided to dabble. Times, Sunday Times They were just thrilled at a chance to get near the famous star, to be seen and known and recognised. Times, Sunday Times She would later go on to be a famous star in her own right. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout the show the teams would be given a genre of film, a famous star, a prop and a sound effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was a famous writer; it would have made headlines everywhere. Times,Sunday Times And they talked of what it would be like to be a famous writer. Times, Sunday Times One famous writer compares politics to a fly. Times, Sunday Times Is he relieved to be rid of the 'most famous writer you've never ...' tag? Times, Sunday Times Any internet troll can hide behind a false name, but today no famous writer can hope to be separated from their writing for long. Times, Sunday Times The muralists became internationally famous and in great demand to paint murals overseas. Times, Sunday Times The group, who earned less than 100 that night, would perform only twice more at the club they made internationally famous. Times, Sunday Times It's just part of being an internationally famous supermodel. Times, Sunday Times Even when he became internationally famous, he remained apparently indifferent to material comforts. The Times Literary Supplement Obviously the ones that would, if they're nationally or internationally famous, get a lot more opportunity than your average restless greengrocer. The Sun The justly famous Bondi is stuffed with silly people jogging about in tiny swimwear, but it also has real atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Do you remember when Burnley were justly famous for the young players they turned out, seemingly week after week? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Our ice-cream shop is justly famous. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is justly famous for this. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It has become one of the most copied and justly famous pieces of pop art. Times, Sunday Times (2012) If you are searching for romance, you could find it with someone from a locally famous and rather rich family. The Sun If you're single, the moon matches you with someone from a locally famous family. The Sun Your new love comes from a locally famous and formidable family. The Sun It was locally famous for wildlife and hares. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a locally famous 1920s carousel, located near the waterfront. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 著名的 Japanese: 有名な |
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