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name-drop

/neym-drop/US // ˈneɪmˌdrɒp //

落名,点名,点名批评,滴名

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    name-dropped, name-drop·ping.

    • : to indulge in name-dropping.

Examples

  • The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

  • “Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

  • Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.

  • A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).

  • During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.

  • Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

  • In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

  • Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

  • "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

  • "Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.