lionize

• vt.有名人になる；有名な場所を訪れる。
• 有名な場所を訪れる。

lion、獅子、big shot、celebrityの派生語。

lionize (v.)

"to treat (someone) as a celebrity," a hybrid from lion + -ize. Used by Scott, 1809, and preserving lion in the sense of "person of note who is much sought-after" (1715), originally in reference to the lions formerly kept in the Tower of London (referred to from late 16c.), objects of general curiosity that every visitor in town was taken to see. Related: Lionized; lionizing.

1. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically.

メディアは熱狂的に彼を持ち上げ始めた。