| 单词 | scenery-chewing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscenery-chewing scenery-chewing adj. and n. colloquial (chiefly North American) (a) adj. (of a performance, etc.) characterized by overacting; melodramatic; excessively emotional or sensational; (of an actor) that overacts; (b) n. the action or practice of overacting. ΚΠ 1894 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 20 May 9/5 They are refreshing in so far as they differ from the stilted and scenery chewing methods that fate seems to have resigned us to in plays now turned out for popular audiences. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Feb. 778/1 He follows the prompt book without any of the scenery chewing that others might think went with the lines. 1936 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 29 Aug. b5/7 This musical comedy revolving around a jobless cabaret singer and a scenery-chewing Shakespearian actor. 1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 July 94/1 Pulp clichés pass for dialogue and scenery chewing for acting. 2011 Vanity Fair Dec. 110/2 Oldman delivers a fantastic performance, reminding you how talented this actor is when he's not in scenery-chewing mode. < as lemmas |
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