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单词 famous
释义
famous
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adj

Something famous is well known, usually because it's special or particularly good. Celebrities, historic paintings, and the best burger in town could all be described as famous.
If something is famous, then a lot of people know about it. If you turn on the television or look at a magazine rack, you'll see plenty of famous people: movie stars, TV stars, musicians, athletes, and politicians are all famous. Lots of people want to be famous, but there are good and bad parts to it. It must be nice to be rich, but being constantly surrounded by fans and photographers can't be fun.
WORD FAMILY
famous: famouser, famousest, famously+/defamation: defamations/defame: defamation, defamatory, defamed, defamer, defames, defaming/defamer: defamers/fame: defame, fames, famous
USAGE EXAMPLES
For example, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is famous for its buzzing, swirling, incomprehensible traffic.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
It included 15,000 fireworks and was accompanied by music from some of the city's most famous musical exports.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
The United Farm Workers, in the mid-sixties, organized the famous grape boycott in order to get farmers to stop relying on underpaid, non-union workers.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
adj widely known and esteemed
a famous actor
Syn
celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
known
apprehended with certainty
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