lionization
/lahy-uh-nahyz/US // ˈlaɪ əˌnaɪz //UK // (ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz) //
狮化,狮子化,狮子座,狮子大开口
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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li·on·ized, li·on·iz·ing.
- : to treat as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- : British. to visit or exhibit the objects of interest of.
v.无主动词 verb
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li·on·ized, li·on·iz·ing.
- : to pursue celebrities or seek their company.
- : British. to visit the objects of interest of a place.
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Examples
At its least charming, it is those who lionize audacious criminals.
He is a 67-year-old vegan and daily meditator who also lionizes free-market icons like Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand.
The liberal lionization of John Roberts is roaring through the media.
A Bayard in society—a Raphael at the easel, he bore a distinguished part in the lionization of the day.
Paris made a great fuss over him, but he took his lionization very calmly.
Then came the news of Speke's return and lionization in London.
The renowned Tupper is undergoing the process of lionization.
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