| 单词 | cause célèbre |
| 释义 | cause célèbre[ kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ] / ˈkɔz səˈlɛb rə, -ˈlɛb; French koʊz seɪˈlɛb rə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cause célèbre ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural causes cé·lè·bres [kawz suh-leb-ruhz, suh-lebz, kaw-ziz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh]. /ˈkɔz səˈlɛb rəz, səˈlɛbz, ˈkɔ zɪz səˈlɛb rə, -ˈlɛb; French koʊz seɪˈlɛb rə/.any controversy that attracts great public attention, as a celebrated legal case or trial. Origin of cause célèbre1755–65; <French: literally, famous case Words nearby cause célèbrecausationism, causative, cause, cause a commotion, cause-and-effect, cause célèbre, cause list, cause raised eyebrows, causerie, causeuse, causeway Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for cause célèbrecause célèbre / (ˈkɔːz səˈlɛbrə, -ˈlɛb, French koz selɛbrə) / noun plural causes célèbres (ˈkɔːz səˈlɛbrəz, -ˈlɛb, ˈkɔːzɪz səˈlɛbrə, -ˈlɛbz, French koz selɛbrə)a famous lawsuit, trial, or controversy Word Origin for cause célèbreC19: from French: famous case Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for cause célèbrecause célèbre [ (kohz say-leb-ruh, kawz suh-leb-ruh) ] A cause or issue, generally political, that arouses public opinion: “The question of the draft was a cause célèbre in the 1960s.” From French, meaning “celebrated cause.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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