英语词汇play to the grandstand的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	play to the grandstand
词源	play to the grandstand; grandstanding. Play to the grand- stand is a baseball term first recorded in 1888 and describing a show-off player who tries to make difficult catches, or make easy catches look difficult. Within a few years such players were called grandstanders, and the term was soon applied to a show- off in any endeavor.
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