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单词 grandstand
释义 grand·stand
I. \ˈgran(d)ˌstand, -raan(d)ˌstaa(ə)nd\ noun
Etymology: grand (I) + stand
1. : a usually roofed structure serving as the principal spectator stand at a racecourse, stadium, or other place designed for spectator sports
2. : the spectators (as at a sports event) or the audience (as at a festival)
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to play to spectators or to an audience : act or conduct oneself with a view to impressing onlookers
 < chose to grandstand in court — Erle Stanley Gardner >
 < the crazy grandstanding of a glory-hungry major — Van Van Praag >
grandstand·er \-ə(r)\ noun
III. adjective
1.
 a. : being in or as if in a grandstand
  < join their neighbors on top of their houses where they had grandstand seats for watching the next assault — F.B.Gipson >
 b. : resembling that provided by a grandstand
  < a grandstand view of the fight >
2. : designed or likely to impress or draw the applause of spectators
 < behind-the-back dribbling and passing are strictly grandstand stunts — Stanley Frank >
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