| 单词 | to camp up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto camp up to camp up 1. transitive. to camp it up: to behave, speak, etc., in a flamboyant, affected, or exaggerated manner, in a way stereotypically associated with an effeminate gay man. Also: (of an actor) to perform in an overly theatrical manner; to overact a part, to ham it up. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (intransitive)] womanize1604 effeminate1612 camp1910 ponce1947 to camp it up1957 poove1971 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > act in camp manner camp1910 ponce1947 to camp it up1957 pansy1972 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act in specific manner misact1609 tragedize1755 overact1760 overplay1767 to walk through ——1824 underact1847 to play down to ——1880 routine1897 underplay1897 milk1921 ham1933 hoke1935 to camp it up1957 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1963 undercharacterize1970 1957 Observer 25 Aug. 11/3 The hands-on-hip simpering beloved of pseudo-comedians who, when in doubt, ‘camp it up’. 1959 Spectator 13 Nov. 667/3 Most of the time he camps it up for sniggers with manly gestures fading into womanly wriggles. 1965 G. Melly Owning-up xv. 188 We were all very impressed by the thought of being used [in a film] as the basis for characters and camped it up like mad. 1994 Advocate 15 Nov. 96/2 A lot of straight people..who are entertained by drag queens camping it up in West Hollywood..,feel deeply threatened by the thought of two gay men in suits coming out of the house next door to them. 2011 M. Roffey With Kisses of his Mouth 51 Both of us ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ and ‘dahling-ed’ and camped it up just a notch. 2. transitive. To make (something, esp. a dramatic performance) camp; to perform (a role, scene, etc.) in an exaggerated, extravagantly theatrical, or knowingly playful way. Cf. main sense 2a. ΚΠ 1958 Spectator 10 Oct. 481/3 Vida Hope's production has camped up the characters in exactly the same way that the New York producers camped up The Boy Friend for fear that the savoury aspic which embalms them might be mistaken for saccharine jelly. 1990 C. Raine Life of Auden in Haydn & Valve Trumpet (2000) 346 Ursula Niebuhr remembers him [sc. Auden]..camping up his pleasure in having an article accepted by Theology : ‘nothing could so delight Mama who has, I hope by now, reached the sixth form in purgatory.’ 1992 B. D'Amato Beauty i. ix. 80 And despite her sweet aspects and her sense of humor—she really camped up her femininity—she had ruthlessness, too. 2006 Independent 22 Apr. 5/1 He was sometimes uncomfortable about the number of gay references in his work and was encouraged to ‘camp up’ his comedy by straight television producers. < as lemmas |
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