celebrity

英 [səˈlebrəti]

美 [səˈlebrəti]

n.  名人; 名流; 名望; 名誉; 著名

复数：celebrities　

考研TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6973 / COCA.2960

牛津词典

noun

• 名人；名流
  a famous person
  1. TV celebrities
     电视名人
• 名望；名誉；著名
  the state of being famous
  1. Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?
     他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私生活？

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指娱乐界的)名人，明星
  Acelebrityis someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
  1. In 1944, at the age of 30, Hersey suddenly became a celebrity.
     1944年，30岁的赫西一夜成名。
  2. ...a host of celebrities.
     群星荟萃
• N-UNCOUNT (尤指娱乐界的)名声，名誉，名气
  If a person or thing achievescelebrity, they become famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
  1. Joanna has finally made it to the first rank of celebrity after 25 years as an actress.
     乔安娜当了25年演员后，终于跻身一线女明星之列。

英英释义

noun

• a widely known person
  1. he was a baseball celebrity
  Synonym:famous person
• the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  Synonym:famerenown

双语例句

• She became a celebrity overnight.
  她一下子成了名人了。
• Him running across the United States once again became a celebrity.
  他跑步横越了美国，又一次成了名人。
• He became a celebrity and a professional swimmer afterward.
  在这个历史性的跨越后，他成为了一个名人和专业游泳选手。
• Because of his celebrity status, this is to be expected and understandable.
  由于他的名人身份，这是可以预料和理解的。
• Later Chen randomly picked 10 celebrity users on Sina Weibo and analyzed their statistics.
  随后，陈传亮随机选取了10位通过实名认证的新浪微博名人，并对他们的相关统计数据进行分析。
• Although now a celebrity in her own right, actress Lynn Redgrave knows the difficulties of living in the shadow of her famous older sister
  虽然女演员琳恩·雷德格雷夫现在依靠自己的能力出了名，但她明白生活在大名鼎鼎的姐姐的阴影里有多不容易。
• Yao has more microblog fans than American TV celebrity Oprah Winfrey has on her Twitter.
  姚晨微博上的追随者比美国电视名人奥普拉·温弗瑞在推特上的追随者还要多。
• In 1944, at the age of 30, Hersey suddenly became a celebrity.
  1944年，30岁的赫西一夜成名。
• Unlike many actors, he never enjoyed his celebrity.
  和许多演员不同的是，他从不喜欢出名。
• I'm not interested in being a celebrity and only did things that fitted my image and personality.
  我对成为一个名人没什么兴趣，只想做符合我形象和个性的事情。