| 单词 | show sunday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasShow Sunday Show Sunday n. now historical (a) Oxford University the Sunday before Commemoration Week (see commemoration n. 2c), on the evening of which a parade was formerly held in the Broad Walk of Christ Church; (b) a Sunday on which artists open their studios to the public to display works of art before submitting them to an exhibition; esp. an annual event of this kind taking place in London prior to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week Le day1574 commencement day1606 Show Sunday1825 class day1833 presentation day1843 June Week1889 spirit week1923 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > admission > Sunday before Show Sunday1825 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. Pl. XIV (following p. 244) Shew Sunday—Sketches of Character, in the Broad Walk, Christ Church Meadows, Oxford. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) xii. 105 In the evening they attended the customary ‘Show Sunday’ promenade in Christ Church Broad Walk. 1871 Observer 26 Mar. 3/2 This is Show Sunday, and we may see the pictures. 1971 Times 11 Dec. 11/5 The frontispiece is the scene in Christ Church Meadow on Show Sunday. 2013 B. Bryant in M. Bills F. Holl 67/1 One of the key reasons for building a studio house was to provide a setting for the phenomenon of ‘Show Sunday’. < as lemmas |
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