单词 | world fair |
释义 | > as lemmasworld fair world fair n. (also with capital initials) = World's Fair n. at Compounds 9b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > types of show1793 World's Fair1850 world fair1851 science fair1930 art installation1960 Expo1963 lollapalooza1993 1851 Ladies' Repos. Apr. 123/2 Here is one of my last efforts: it will help to leaven the mass of Mammonism in next Spring's World Fair. 1899 C. Stumpf Let. 8 Sept. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 193 The tumult of a world fair—even the thought of it makes me nervous! 1978 P. Boardman Worlds of Patrick Geddes vi. 179 A brief..account of the city [sc. Paris]..from pre-Roman times up to the greatest of world fairs. 2001 Wired Sept. 117/1 William Gibson's imagined Japan was not the shiny future-perfect of yesterday's world fairs. < as lemmas |
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