lionize
英 ['la??na?z]
美['la??na?z]
- vt. 把……奉為名人；游覽名勝
- vi. 游覽名勝
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?lionizes;過(guò)去式:?lionized;過(guò)去分詞:?lionized;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lionizing;
中文詞源
lionize 把某人當(dāng)名人看待
來(lái)自lion,獅子，引申詞義大人物，名人。
英文詞源
- lionize (v.)
- "to treat (someone) as a celebrity," a hybrid from lion + -ize. Used by Scott, 1809, and preserving lion in the sense of "person of note who is much sought-after" (1715), originally in reference to the lions formerly kept in the Tower of London (referred to from late 16c.), objects of general curiosity that every visitor in town was taken to see. Related: Lionized; lionizing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically.
- 媒體開(kāi)始狂熱地吹捧他。
來(lái)自辭典例句