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单词 grandstand
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grandstand

(grændstænd)
Word forms: plural grandstands
countable noun
A grandstand is a covered stand with rows of seats for people to sit on at sporting events.

grandstand in British English

(ˈɡrænˌstænd, ˈɡrænd-)
noun
1. 
a. 
a terraced block of seats, usually under a roof, commanding the best view at racecourses, football pitches, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
grandstand tickets
2. 
the spectators in a grandstand
3. (modifier)
as if from a grandstand; unimpeded (esp in the phrase grandstand view)
verb
4. (intransitive) informal, mainly US and Canadian
to behave ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers
Derived forms
grandstander (ˈgrandˌstander)
noun

grandstand in American English

(ˈgrændˌstænd)
noun
1. 
the main seating structure for spectators at a sporting event, etc.
verb intransitive US, Informal
2. 
to try to gain the applause or admiration of an audience by or as by making an unnecessarily showy play (grandstand play), as in baseball
Derived forms
grandstander (ˈgrandˌstander)
noun

Examples of 'grandstand' in a sentence
grandstand

It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best.
The Sun (2016)
This should have been the signal for a grandstand finish from the hosts.
The Sun (2012)
Most were sitting on grass banks rather than in the new grandstand.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Enter the main grandstand and you find yourself sitting right on top of the action.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We helped to put them out and had a grandstand view of the fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its boathouse on the riverbank had a grandstand view of rolling hills dropping into the estuary.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We searched for eight other sites until we came up with a suitable venue at the back of the new grandstand.
The Sun (2006)
It will be a grandstand finish.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He was twice involved in the last play of the game, which resulted in the grandstand finish.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It comes from a huge football ground with two full-size pitches and a rudimentary grandstand packed to the roof with people.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Talk about a grandstand view.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then came the grandstand finish.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But he was still within shouting distance when he reached the turn in 33 and his grandstand finish was typical of the man.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He got a grandstand view of the poetry world and where poetry was heading - and a chance to think more deeply about poetry itself.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Where to see the best action n Don't buy a grandstand seat.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There are exciting plans at friendly Fontwell for a new 7.5m grandstand.
The Sun (2008)
Onlookers in the course's new 200million grandstand got an eyeful.
The Sun (2006)
But with crowds 10 deep, it may be worth paying extra for a grandstand view.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Alongside the track is the new 200m grandstand, which is about the size of an airport terminal.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Cheltenham crowd managed to do what the gales could not - they lifted the roof off the grandstand.
The Sun (2008)
We had a grandstand view as bikes and cars hurtled past, and did we get our money's worth.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There was a funfair in the car park at Cheltenham yesterday, and the grandstand roof was being repaired after wind damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
grandstand

British English: grandstand NOUN
A grandstand is a covered stand with rows of seats for people to sit on at sporting events.
  • American English: grandstand
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tribuna principal
  • Chinese: > 看台体育赛事的
  • European Spanish: tribuna
  • French: tribune
  • German: Haupttribüne
  • Italian: tribuna
  • Japanese: 特別観覧席
  • Korean: 특별 관람석
  • European Portuguese: tribuna principal
  • Latin American Spanish: tribuna
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