| 单词 | gallery-play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgallery-play gallery-play n. playing to the gallery (see sense 4a above); showy play designed to gain applause; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > showy action or performance showmanship1822 showmanism1845 gallery-play1871 stunt1878 showmanry1886 fancy work1907 hot doggery1962 1871 F. Gale Echoes Cricket Fields v. 23 Frequent useless appeals to the umpire, a practice which Nyren condemned as being what we now call ‘gallery play’. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 7/2 A weak opposition, evidently disposed to indulge in ‘gallery’ play. a1914 J. E. Raphael Mod. Rugby Football (1918) vi. 107 ‘Gallery play’ should only be resorted to as a last desperate resource. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 121 You've..done good work for your first show; don't spoil it with rank gallery play. 1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 21 In the Great War there was very little suspicion, or chance, of gallery play for the V.C. < as lemmas |
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