那座看台本身
這一家就是核心畫面本身，其他用法都從這裡出發。
noun · B2
A large open building at a sports ground with rows of seats rising one behind the other, where a crowd sits to watch a game, a race or a show. It faces the field or the track and usually has a roof.
看台
核心畫面
Hold one picture for this word: the big block of seats along the side of a sports ground, rows climbing up behind each other, a roof over the top, every seat facing the action. Three things come off that one picture. The building itself. The crowd packed inside it, close enough that you can see their faces. And the view from up there, which is the best view in the place. Once you can see the crowd, the last use follows easily: someone who is performing for those faces instead of getting on with the job is said to grandstand.
這個字可以想成一座畫面：運動場邊那排大看台，座位一排一排往上疊，上頭有屋頂，整片正對著場中。從這個畫面長出三樣東西。…更多收起
這個字可以想成一座畫面：運動場邊那排大看台，座位一排一排往上疊，上頭有屋頂，整片正對著場中。從這個畫面長出三樣東西。一是那座建築本身。二是塞滿在裡面的那群人，近到看得見表情。三是從那個高度看出去的視野，全場最好的角度。看見了那群人，最後一個用法就順著出來了：不做正事、只顧著演給那些臉孔看，就叫 grandstand。From the word’s history
The word is simply grand plus stand: the grand — big, impressive — stand where people sit or stand to watch.
這個字就是 grand（大的、氣派的）加上 stand（看比賽的台子）：場邊最氣派的那座看台。今天所有用法都還看得見這個組合。
Wiktionary entry for grandstand (kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4), etymology_text: “From grand + stand.”
Three branches
看台上的人，以及演給他們看
英文常拿地方代替裡面的人（廚房不高興、辦公室早就知道了）。看台一旦滿了人，這個字就順手從建築滑到人身上，再從人身上滑到「演給人看」。
noun · C1
The people sitting in the grandstand, spoken about as one crowd — the watchers rather than the players.
看台上的觀眾
看台的位置＝最好的視角
看台之所以值錢，是因為那個角度；把角度單獨拿出來說，就成了一個固定片語。
noun · B2
If you have a grandstand view of something, you can see the whole of it clearly and easily, because of where you happen to be.
絕佳的視野
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
grandstandnoun/ˈɡɹæn(d)stænd/
- 1
The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.
- 2
The audience at a public event.
grandstandverb/ˈɡɹæn(d)stænd/
- 1
To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.
- Many politicians prefer to grandstand on hot-button issues rather than enact tough policy changes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。