chew the scenery

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词形变化

chewed the scenery chewing the scenery chews the scenery 三单 chews the scenery chewing the scenery 现在分词 chewed the scenery 过去式 chewed the scenery 过去分词

别名

chew on the scenery chew up the scenery

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.

    习语

    Near-synonym: camp it up

词源

Its earliest reference is listed in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang as being used by Mary Hallock Foote in Coeur D'Alene in 1894.http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001024

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