| 单词 | one's name in electric lights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone's name in electric lights P19. one's name in lights (originally one's name in electric lights): an actor's name displayed in lights outside a theatre or cinema; (in extended use) fame, stardom. Frequently in to have (also get) one's name in lights. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > be star performer star1815 co-star1896 to have (also get) one's name in lights1918 1918 D. Parker in Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 29/3 Her costumes are simply unbelievable. Whoever made them should have his name in electric lights over the theatre. 1922 Life 16 Feb. 22/3 She is absolutely lacking in the inspiration which every great actress must possess. But her name is in the electric lights, with letters two feet high. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. i. 282 His determination to top the bill and have his name in electric lights. 1946 Liberty 25 May 19/2 While he was admiring the size and brilliance of his name in lights..the bobby-soxers discovered him. 1972 Guardian 15 Jan. 8/4 I couldn't wait to get up there with the best of them and see my name up in lights—topping the bill at the Palladium. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 15 Nov. 1/3 Many of these films boasted stars hardly better known than Selznick himself at his name-in-lights height. < as lemmas |
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