grandstand

• n. 正麵看台；觀眾；嘩眾取寵的表演
• vi. 做博取觀眾喝采的演技
• adj. 看台上的

grand, 巨大的。stand, 站，看台。

grandstand (n.)

"main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1761 (two words), from grand (adj.) + stand (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player, attested in baseball slang from 1888.

It's little things of this sort which makes the 'grand stand player.' They make impossible catches, and when they get the ball they roll all over the field. [M.J. Kelly, "Play Ball," 1888]

Compare British gallery hit (1882) "showy play by a batsman in cricket, 'intended to gain applause from uncritical spectators'" [OED]. Related: grandstanding.

1. A furious player kicked his racket into the grandstand.

一位憤怒的球員將他的球拍踢向了看台。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The game was played to a packed grandstand.

比賽時大看台上座無虛席。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Politicians will grandstand about remaking finance.

政客們會為重整金融體係而輪番上台表演。

來自辭典例句

4. Some swimming pools have a grandstand for people to watch races.

有些遊泳池有供人們看比賽的看台.

來自辭典例句

5. The gentry on the grandstand laughed too, though in a much more refined way, of course.

二門內看台上的觀眾也笑了, 自然他們笑得很文雅, 跟轎夫們笑得不同.

來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）