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炫耀,炫耀性,炫耀的,炫耀着

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pageant选美,选美比赛,选拔赛,选美活动 parade巡游,巡行,巡展,巡游活动 fair公平,公正,公平的,公正的 appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计 program节目,程序,方案,程式 spectacle壮观的景象,壮观的场面,景观,场景 presentation介绍,演示文稿,演讲,演讲稿 display展示,展示的,展示的是 picture图片,照片,画面,图画 play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍 movie电影 drama戏剧,戲劇,话剧,戏剧性 production生产,产量,制作,产 act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演 comedy喜剧,滑稽剧,喜剧片,笑话 film电影 exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现 reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的 sell出售,销售,卖,售卖 offer提供,提议,优惠,提价

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

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showed, shown or showed, show·ing.
- : to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- : to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie.
- : to indicate; point out: to show the way.
- : to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in.
- : to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant.
- : to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean.
- : to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory.
- : to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero.
- : to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house.
- : to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause.
- : to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing.
- : to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings.
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Phrases

show and tell
show must go on, the
show off
show of hands
show one's colors
show one's face
show one's hand
show one's heels
show one's teeth
show one's true colors
show signs of
show someone the door
show someone the ropes
show someone a good time
show someone out
show the way
show the white feather
show to advantage
show up
bare (show) one's teeth
dog-and-pony show

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbflaunt; brag

Synonyms

advertise宣传,做广告,登广告,做宣传 boast夸口说,夸耀,夸夸其谈,夸口 brandish烙印,品牌,烙画,挥舞 demonstrate展示,显示,示范,显示出 display展示,展示的,展示的是 disport弃权,弃婴,弃置,弃儿 exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现 expose揭发,揭露,暴露,揭穿

Examples

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
Not only do children thus of themselves extend the scope of our commands, they show a disposition to make rules for themselves.
He called upon the Order to show their title-deeds, but was met with a contemptuous refusal.
If any one has lost his temper, as well as his money, he takes good care not to show it; to do so here would be indeed bad form.

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to accord or grant: He showed mercy in his decision.

v.无主动词 verb

1
showed, shown or showed, show·ing.
- : to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show?
- : to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage.
- : to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products: Several dress designers are showing in New York now.
- : Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up: He said he would be there, but he didn't show.
- : to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc.

n.名词 noun

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- : a theatrical production, performance, or company: We’d like to catch a Broadway show while we’re in the city!
- : a radio or television program: The show is on Tuesdays at 8:00.
- : a movie: Grab a popcorn and a drink before the show starts.
- : an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like: the annual boat show.
- : any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs.
- : ostentatious display: nothing but mere show.
- : a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom.
- : an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion.
- : the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc.Compare place, win.
- : appearance; impression: to make a sorry show.
- : a sight or spectacle.
- : an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief.
- : an act or instance of showing.
- : Informal. a chance: to get a fair show.
- : Medicine/Medical. the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation.a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor.
- : Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing.

1
- : show off, to display ostentatiously: The parade was designed to show off all the latest weapons of war.to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments.
- : show up, to make known, as faults; expose; reveal.to exhibit in a certain way; appear: White shows up well against a blue background.to come to or arrive at a place: We waited for two hours, but he didn't show up.to make seem inferior; outdo.

false colors, show

for show

get the show on the road

go to show

know (show) the ropes

one-man show

road show

run the show

steal the show

(show one's) true colors

flash

闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电

hand a line交行,牵线,牵线搭桥,递上一行

make a spectacle of大闹天宫,卖弄风骚,闹场,卖弄风情

parade巡游,巡行,巡展,巡游活动

spread out铺开,摊开,铺展,展开

swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定

trot out奔走相告,奔跑起来

Antonyms

cower畏缩,畏缩不前,畏畏缩缩,蜷缩 shy away畏缩不前,畏缩,畏惧,躲避