单词 | star-making |
释义 | > as lemmasstar-making star-making adj. (of a person, studio, etc.) noted for turning people into film stars, pop stars, etc.; (also of a performance, film, etc.) that turns a person into such a star. ΚΠ 1935 Washington Post 13 Jan. 5/2 She ought to stay here a while longer in order to let a star-making studio get to work on her. 1962 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 25 Jan. 18/8 His constant struggle in Hollywood to keep from being typed in gangster roles after his star-making performance as a coin-flipping killer in ‘Scarface’. 2010 G. D. Phillips Some like it Wilder 156 Its director, William Wyler, assured Wilder that Hepburn had given a star-making performance. < as lemmas |
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