| 单词 | grandstand roof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrandstand roof C1. General attributive, as in grandstand roof, grandstand seating, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adjective] theatric1656 spectacular1682 theatrical1709 dramatic1726 sensationary1755 pyrotechnical1825 grandstand1835 pyrotechnic1848 sensational1859 razzle-dazzle1888 whizz-bang1919 glitzy1966 1835 York Herald 14 Mar. 2/4 (advt.) Two Grand Stand Tickets. 1847 Satirist 25 Apr. 135/1 We should like to see him the mere gentleman sportsman, the Grand Stand spectator. 1868 Illustr. London News 4 July 14/1 The Grandstand prices were unpardonable. 1879 Irish Times 23 Sept. 5/1 A row of grand stand seats will be erected close to the..back of the cricket ground. 1904 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 22 Aug. (6 o'clock ed.) 3/2 The program today was by far the best that the singles have brought out with Larned and Wright on the grandstand court. 1946 J. Dadswell Hey, Sucker 67 To help ‘pull’ the public they have livestock shows, grandstand productions, races, art and school exhibits, and farm machinery displays. 1948 L. Allen Cincinnati Reds xxi. 203 Bob Burdette..being the first to announce the contests from a shed on the grandstand roof. 1989 A. Miles Don't call me Brother viii. 52 Bill Pruyn, the bandmaster, stood out in front of the grandstand entrance. 2010 New Yorker 6 Sept. 56/2 From this same grandstand perch. 2014 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 30 Apr. (Sport section) 75 General admission alone was $30, with grandstand seating double that. < as lemmas |
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