英语词汇“to do the —— act”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

11. colloquial (originally U.S.). With modifying noun, in extended use. Frequently in to do the —— act.Sometimes with the implication of pretence or superficiality (cf. sense 12).

a. The action of behaving in the manner of a specified person or type, esp. as a performance or for show; (also) an instance of this.With quot. 1885 cf. baby act n. 1.

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1885 C. F. Lummis Let. 15 Feb. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 286 All the time playing the baby act, and whining for help.

1894 R. Bridges Overheard in Arcady 56 I didn't do no cry-baby and holy cherub act.

1907 M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness 41 She was going to do the Melburn act and ride roughshod over prejudices.

1943 R. L. Bellem Lake Left-handed Moon iii, in W. Kittredge & S. M. Krauzer Great Amer. Detective (1978) 174 Who was the big bald-headed bozo pulling the sneak act?

1996 F. Weldon Worst Fears 117 Haven't we had enough of this grieving widow act?

2002 L. McNab et al. Skills in Eng. xix. 181 One of the lads did his Sir Galahad act and asked the girls if I was bothering them; told me to clear out or he'd sort me.

b. The action of engaging in behaviour or activities associated with a specified thing.

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1885 A. E. Costello Our Police Protectors (ed. 2) 475 He..may have done the ‘baby act’, by carrying..an abandoned foundling, to the [police headquarters].

1896 G. Ade Artie 112 I go and get a cigar with him and do the friendship act.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 33 Bernard was doing his hospitality act.

1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Apr. 20 Ruby notionally honours the seriousness of this subject by doing her ingenuous wide-eyed ‘empathy’ act.

单词	to do the —— act
释义	> as lemmas to do the —— act 11. colloquial (originally U.S.). With modifying noun, in extended use. Frequently in to do the —— act.Sometimes with the implication of pretence or superficiality (cf. sense 12). a. The action of behaving in the manner of a specified person or type, esp. as a performance or for show; (also) an instance of this.With quot. 1885 cf. baby act n. 1. ΚΠ 1885 C. F. Lummis Let. 15 Feb. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 286 All the time playing the baby act, and whining for help. 1894 R. Bridges Overheard in Arcady 56 I didn't do no cry-baby and holy cherub act. 1907 M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness 41 She was going to do the Melburn act and ride roughshod over prejudices. 1943 R. L. Bellem Lake Left-handed Moon iii, in W. Kittredge & S. M. Krauzer Great Amer. Detective (1978) 174 Who was the big bald-headed bozo pulling the sneak act? 1996 F. Weldon Worst Fears 117 Haven't we had enough of this grieving widow act? 2002 L. McNab et al. Skills in Eng. xix. 181 One of the lads did his Sir Galahad act and asked the girls if I was bothering them; told me to clear out or he'd sort me. b. The action of engaging in behaviour or activities associated with a specified thing. ΚΠ 1885 A. E. Costello Our Police Protectors (ed. 2) 475 He..may have done the ‘baby act’, by carrying..an abandoned foundling, to the [police headquarters]. 1896 G. Ade Artie 112 I go and get a cigar with him and do the friendship act. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 33 Bernard was doing his hospitality act. 1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Apr. 20 Ruby notionally honours the seriousness of this subject by doing her ingenuous wide-eyed ‘empathy’ act. extracted from actn. < as lemmas
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