celebrity

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ce·leb·rity [celebrity celebrities] BrE [səˈlebrəti] NAmE [səˈlebrəti] noun (pl. ce·leb·rities)
1. (also informal celeb)countable a famous person
•TV celebrities
2. uncountable the state of being famous
Syn: ↑fame
•Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?
See also: ↑celeb

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘solemn ceremony’): from Old French celebrite or Latin celebritas, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’.

Example Bank:
•He became a minor celebrity among Manhattan's cultural élite.
•He became something of a celebrity in his home town.
•The show's success made her an overnight celebrity.
•Tonight's show features a host of celebrities.
•Does she find her new celebrity intruding on her private life?
•He briefly achieved celebrity as a radical politician.
•It's his dream to become a celebrity chef.
•She was the first TV celebrity he had met in the flesh.
•The diary charts her path from obscurity to international celebrity.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fame, renown, famous person
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  infamy, opprobrium