- 1炫耀認識某名人、掉名字
To name-drop is to slide a famous person’s name into what you are saying so other people think you are close to that person — or at least bigger because you “know” them. “I was just talking to [star]…” when the real point is to impress. People use the word with a smile or a : it is funny if you catch yourself doing it, and if someone else will not stop. Though actually, a true story that happens to include a well-known person is not always name-dropping. It becomes name-dropping when the name is the trick, not the news. Fairly informal; often a little .
From the word’s history
Compound of name + drop.
由 name 和 drop 合成。
組成From name + drop: you “drop” a famous name into the talk.
同家族的字
- name-dropperthe person who keeps doing this
- name-droppingthe habit or the act
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
name-dropverb
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To casually mention a well-known or illustrious person or the titles of their works, often implying familiarity or association, especially in order to impress others, increase one's status, or to appear knowledgeable or fashionable.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。