standee

名词 n.
/stanˈdiː/    /stænˈdi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
    — Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees.
  2. A free-standing, rigid print, usually of a person or character (often life-sized), meant as a representation of a 3d object, commonly displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.
    — He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.
  3. A board game piece made of upright cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
    — I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem.
  4. A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.

词形变化

standees plural

词源

Etymology tree
English stand
English -ee
English standee
From stand + -ee.
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