单词 | hall of shame |
释义 | Hall of Shamen. Originally and chiefly U.S. A notional place where those thought to lack merit are commemorated; a roster of infamous failure or disgrace. ΚΠ 1900 Atlanta Constit. 21 Oct. 4/5 From the way the judges are discriminating it will come to be referred to as the Hall of Shame. 1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 10 Aug. 4/1 Perhaps it would help some in this hunt for graft if someone would establish a hall of shame to serve as the antithesis of the hall of fame. 1988 A. S. Blinder Hard Heads, Soft Hearts iv. 126 The names..are enshrined in the free-traders' Hall of Shame. 2004 Publishers Weekly 2 Feb. 72/1 Blueberry Muffins get an overhaul in the ‘Blueberry Muffin Hall of Shame’, with mug shots of the guilty muffins' characteristics (e.g., mashed, sticky surface, flat top). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900 |
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