英语词汇“to make a big show of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(d) To make an exaggerated or pointed display of (doing something). Esp. in to make a big (great, etc.) show of.

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1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 73 To shew my discretion towards Cercinea, seeing in what trouble she was when Clorian saw me alone with her, I made a shew of going to receive him and Lucindor also, and of doing them the honour of the house.

1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins xiv. 111 One of the company..shambled across the floor, and made a show of inserting a vote in the green box before Puffer Hopkins.

1884 J. J. Dilley & L. Clifton Tom Pinch iii. 45 (stage direction) Pecksniff makes a great show of dusting his hat.

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four 295 They settled down to their work almost eagerly, making a tremendous show of entering up their minutes and drafting long memoranda.

1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 103 ‘Look,’ I said at last, making a big show of glancing at my watch. ‘I really have to go.’

2009 E. Thom Tin-kin 80 Do you know who these pictures are of, Dad? He took the open album and made a show of holding it in an outstretched arm before telling her he couldn't say.

单词	to make a big show of
释义	> as lemmas to make a big (great, etc.) show of (d) To make an exaggerated or pointed display of (doing something). Esp. in to make a big (great, etc.) show of. ΚΠ 1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 73 To shew my discretion towards Cercinea, seeing in what trouble she was when Clorian saw me alone with her, I made a shew of going to receive him and Lucindor also, and of doing them the honour of the house. 1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins xiv. 111 One of the company..shambled across the floor, and made a show of inserting a vote in the green box before Puffer Hopkins. 1884 J. J. Dilley & L. Clifton Tom Pinch iii. 45 (stage direction) Pecksniff makes a great show of dusting his hat. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four 295 They settled down to their work almost eagerly, making a tremendous show of entering up their minutes and drafting long memoranda. 1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 103 ‘Look,’ I said at last, making a big show of glancing at my watch. ‘I really have to go.’ 2009 E. Thom Tin-kin 80 Do you know who these pictures are of, Dad? He took the open album and made a show of holding it in an outstretched arm before telling her he couldn't say. extracted from shown.¹ < as lemmas
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