grandstand的意思

grandstand

英式音标['ɡrænstænd]
美式英标['græn(d)stænd]

基本解释

n. 正面看台；观众；哗众取宠的表演

vi. 做博取观众喝采的演技

adj. 看台上的

grandstand 大看台

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.: 一位愤怒的球员将他的球拍踢向了看台。

4. Some swimming pools have a grandstand for people to watch races.: 有些游泳池有供人们看比赛的看台.

5. The gentry on the grandstand laughed too, though in a much more refined way, of course.: 二门内看台上的观众也笑了, 自然他们笑得很文雅, 跟轿夫们笑得不同.