show off• She raised her wrist, showing off a sparklingdiamondbracelet.• Billy, please stop showing off and sit down quietly!• He doesn't usually drive as fast as this. He's just showing off because you're here.• At last, this was a chance to show off her talents before a real audience.• I think he was trying to show off in front of the girls.• He wanted to show his daughter off to everybody.• We used to wear as much make-up as we dared, in order to show off to our friends.
ˈshow-off noun [countableC] informal
SHOW OFFsomeone who always tries to show how clever or skilled they are so that other people will admire them – often used to show disapproval 喜欢卖弄的人,爱炫耀自己的人〔常含贬义〕
She’s a bit of a show-off.
她有点爱卖弄。
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show-off• You have to be a bit of a show-off to be an actor.• Peacocks and nightingales are aestheticshow-offs.• The lesson of Trafalgar Square 2000 was that 3000 fearlessanarchists were kept in check by one scantily cladshow-off.• Dave can be a real show-off at times.• Dominic's show-off fact: He was the youngest person ever to run for LondonMayor.• It can encourage the show-off in us.• That was the way to deal with show-offs like Olivia Onions.
He couldn’t resist showing off on the tennis court.
他忍不住要在网球场上表现一番。
b)show something ↔ offSHOW OFF to show something to a lot of people because you are very proud of it 夸耀某物,炫耀某物
a picture of the restaurant’s owners showing off their award
餐馆老板炫耀奖品的一张照片
c)show something ↔ offSUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHER if one thing shows off something else, it makes the other thing look especially attractive 使某物显得漂亮,衬托某物SYN complement
The white dress showed off her dark skin beautifully.
白色的裙子把她黝黑的皮肤衬托得很漂亮。
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show off• She raised her wrist, showing off a sparklingdiamondbracelet.• Billy, please stop showing off and sit down quietly!• He doesn't usually drive as fast as this. He's just showing off because you're here.• At last, this was a chance to show off her talents before a real audience.• I think he was trying to show off in front of the girls.• He wanted to show his daughter off to everybody.• We used to wear as much make-up as we dared, in order to show off to our friends.