crowd-puller

/ˈkraʊd pʊlə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkraʊd pʊlər/ (ame, ipa)

crowd-puller — noun

1. a famous performer, event, or exhibit that brings large numbers of paying visito

1.名詞C1
釋義

a famous performer, event, or exhibit that brings large numbers of paying visitors to a place.

例句

The Van Gogh exhibition was a real crowd-puller and ticket sales tripled at the gallery.

common pattern: be a real crowd-puller

Organisers booked Sophia as the festival's main crowd-puller for the closing weekend.

object position: book/hire someone as a crowd-puller

同義詞
  • draw

    neutral; same meaning, slightly more formal

  • attraction

    broader; any place or thing people visit, not necessarily famous

  • headliner

    narrower; specifically the top-billed performer at a show

  • magnet

    figurative; emphasises pulling power without the 'paying' nuance

反義詞
  • flop

    an event or show that fails to attract an audience

文法句型

a crowd-puller

be a crowd-puller

用法筆記

Subject is usually an event, show, exhibit, or performer rather than an everyday object. Most often used in the predicative pattern 'X is/was a (real/big) crowd-puller'.

常見錯誤

❌The restaurant is a crowd-puller because the food is cheap.
✅The restaurant is popular because the food is cheap.
💡crowd-puller implies large numbers of paying visitors drawn by a famous attraction, not steady neighbourhood traffic.