name-dropping

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of casually mentioning famous or important people or the titles of their works, subtly implying familiarity or association, in order to impress others. countable,uncountable
    — “The one thing I don't want anybody to do, the one thing I will not tolerate, is name-dropping. It's bad. Marlon Brando told me that.”
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of name-drop form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Our drama teacher is always name-dropping, but I bet she's never even been to New York.

词形变化

name-droppings plural name dropping alternative namedropping alternative name dropping alternative namedropping alternative
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