单词 | stand-in |
释义 | stand-inn.adj. A. n. 1. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A friendly or profitable arrangement or understanding (with another person), esp. for illicit purposes. Cf. to stand in 6b at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement forewardOE accordc1275 covenant1297 end1297 form1297 frettec1330 conjurationc1374 treatc1380 bargainc1386 contractc1386 comenaunt1389 compositionc1405 treaty1427 pact1429 paction1440 reconventionc1449 treatisea1464 hostage1470 packa1475 trystc1480 bond (also band) of manrent1482 covenance1484 concordance1490 patisement1529 capitulation1535 conventmenta1547 convenience1551 compact1555 negotiation1563 sacrament1563 match1569 consortship1592 after-agreementa1600 combourgeoisie1602 convention1603 comburghership1606 transaction1611 end-makingc1613 obligement1627 bare contract1641 stipulation1649 accompackmentc1650 rue-bargaina1657 concordat1683 minute1720 tacka1758 understanding1803 meet1804 it's a go1821 deal1863 whizz1869 stand-in1870 gentlemen's agreement1880 meeting of minds1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun] > instance > of friendly kind stand-in1870 1870 Food Jrnl. Nov. 523 The affair is settled amicably by a ‘stand in’, which means that the purchaser shall pay the other, or others, a certain sum not to bid against him. 1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 41 The whole thing was a stand-in from the captain down. Everybody's satisfied. The sucker has his money, the girls are all out. 1948 Kingsport (Tennessee) News 20 May 3/3 ‘Lucy should be able to help you,’ she said. ‘She has a stand-in with her boss.’ 2. a. Originally U.S. In the production of a film, TV programme, etc.: a person who substitutes for a principal actor during technical preparations for filming or recording, such as setting up cameras and lighting.See also stand-in man, stand-in woman in quot. 1928 at sense B. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > actors or characters > [noun] > other actors lens louse1928 stand-in1929 baddie1934 goody1934 narrator1941 voice actor1958 playback singer1963 voice-over1966 voice actress1974 body double1981 1929 Bookman Feb. 624/1 The stand-in retires in the star's favor a moment before the camera starts. 1937 Daily Mirror 16 Mar. 2/1 Being a ‘stand-in’ does not necessarily mean that you must be exactly alike. 1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof ii. 22 The stand-ins were called for. The shot was lined up. 2010 New Yorker 5 July 50/2 Nearly a third of ‘Dinner for Schmucks’ was composed by the actors in front of the cameras, with new ideas, or ‘alts’, being suggested between takes by the director, the writers, the actors, visitors to the set, and even Carell's stand-in. b. More generally: a person who substitutes for or takes the place of another in a position, role, or job, usually temporarily; a replacement. Also in extended use, of a thing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute changec1460 supplier1491 quid pro quo?1535 supply1567 vicegerent1583 substitute1589 vice1597 succedane1601 surrogate1644 succedaneum1651 succedaneum1662 vicar1676 superseder?1774 supersessor1810 locum tenens1814 supplial1837 remplaçant1850 fill-in1918 Stepney1928 stand-in1933 substituter1956 1933 Scotsman 14 Aug. 11/6 Perhaps some exception may be made to allow for a stand-in [for an itinerant caravan owner] for a set number of hours. 1952 Sun (Baltimore) 19 Apr. (B ed.) 3/3 An absorbable gelatin sponge..may serve..as a stand-in for the liver when it becomes necessary to remove part of that organ. 1968 T. Stoppard Real Inspector Hound (1970) 11 An army of assistants and deputies, the seconds-in-command, the runners-up, the right-hand men..stand-ins of the world stand up! 2014 Guardian 15 Nov. 36/1 They're called the blood bikers: men and women all over Britain who dedicate a few evenings a week to transporting hospital deliveries across the country as stand-ins for the daytime professionals. B. adj. (in attributive use). That is a stand-in (in sense A. 2); that acts as a substitute or replacement for another. ΚΠ 1928 Washington Post 4 Mar. (Amusements & Features section) 4/4 ‘Stand in man’ or ‘stand in woman.’ This is something only recently introduced at Paramount. In order that the star may be spared some of the unnecessary grind of a hard day's work, ‘stand in men’ were introduced. 1958 Engineering 11 Apr. 457/3 Preliminary experiments were made on ‘stand-in’ compounds, which it was hoped would simulate the behaviour of plutonium compounds in reduction to the element. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 15 Nov. 15/4 Stand-in goalkeeper, Les Northrop, stood between Tonbridge and a hammering at the hands of unbeaten Salisbury. 2015 Times 21 May 19/5 Temporary staffing agencies are ‘ripping off’ hospitals as the bill for stand-in doctors and nurses soars, the leader of the NHS says. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). > as lemmasstand-in 1. Forming nouns in combination with a verb stem, denoting a protest in which a number of people carry out the action expressed by the first element, e.g. camp-in, hate-in, kiss-in, kneel-in, pray-in, sew-in, stand-in, wade-in; occasionally with an adjective as the first element, e.g. fat-in, gay-in, nude-in. Also forming nouns designating a participant in the protest or gathering, e.g. kneeler-in, wader-in.Originally, in the early 1960s, such protests were carried out by African Americans against racial segregation in the United States.See also die-in n., fish-in n., live-in n. 2, love-in n. 1, paint-in n., read-in n.2 1, sick-in n., sleep-in n. 1, stall-in n., streak-in n. at streak v.2 Derivatives, swim-in n. ΚΠ 1960 Newsweek 16 May 34/1 Into the already-roiled waters of the South, Negroes will wade this summer in a campaign to break down segregation at public beaches—a wade-in counterpart to the widespread lunch-counter sit-ins of recent weeks. 1960 in Amer. Speech (1961) 36 282 Negro college students have initiated a new ‘kneel-in’ campaign..by attending services at white protestant Atlanta churches. 1961 in Amer. Speech 36 282 He called for walk-ins in art galleries and museums, drive-ins at segregated motels and roadside ice cream stands, sit-ins in court rooms, study-ins at segregated schools, and bury-ins to integrate cemeteries. 1961 in Amer. Speech 36 282 Negro teen-aged boys in an impromptu swim-in at an undesignated beach drew a crowd of 300 shoving, shouting Memorial Day bathers and boaters yesterday. 1963 Time 30 Aug. 12 The ‘pray-in’ at churches. 1967 Daily Tel. 3 Mar. 23/7 A ‘kiss-in’ to protest against Michigan University's stern regulations on ‘public displays of affection’ was described by students last night as the most enjoyable form of demonstration yet devised. 1967 Observer 11 June 10 If everyone was fat there'd be no war. No one would pass the physical.—A speaker at the New York Central Park ‘Fat-in’. 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 188/3 This is a very exciting inversion of psychedelic soulfulness, a hate-in. 1968 Lebende Sprachen 13 68/1 Their action fits into a wave of unofficial, unconnected nude-ins so far this year in Golden Gate Park, starting with freebeachers dancing nude at the great be-in. 1968 N.Y. Times 26 May 71/3 As illustrated by the extra squads of policemen patrolling the Capitol, there is a latent fear in Congress that the camp-in will set off violence. 1970 Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chron. 20 May 10 c/4 A march to Central Park for a ‘gay-in’. 1973 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 13/8 College catering would be disrupted by students alternately boycotting canteens and then holding mass eat-ins. 1991 Chicago Tribune 30 Nov. i. 5/3 Gay rights activists staged a ‘marry-in’ at the County Building's Marriage Bureau. 2003 Oxf. Amer. Jan. 22/1 Aleck's Barbecue Heaven in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. and his lieutenants plotted marches and sit-ins, kneel-ins, and wade-ins. < n.adj.1870 as lemmas |
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