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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
  1. 1

    li·on·ized, li·on·iz·ing.

    • : to pursue celebrities or seek their company.
    • : British. to visit the objects of interest of a place.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inexaltation
Antonyms
as inhonor
Antonyms

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.