name-dropping

英 美
  • n.略提知名人物以示相识而提高自己身份
  • drop vt.落下;跌倒;下降;放弃;漏掉;断绝关系n.滴;微量;减少;滴状物
  • table n.桌子;台子;餐桌;一桌人;表格;目录;(竞赛的)排名榜vt.搁置;将...放于桌上;提交讨论;列入表中adj.桌子的
Noun:
  1. the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener;

    "the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it"