show-off
英 [ˈʃəʊ ɒf]
美 [ˈʃoʊ ɔːf]
n. 爱炫耀的人; 喜欢卖弄的人
复数:show-offs
Collins.1
牛津词典
noun
- 爱炫耀的人;喜欢卖弄的人
a person who tries to impress other people by showing how good he or she is at doing sth
柯林斯词典
- 爱卖弄的人;爱炫耀的人
If you say that someone is ashow-off, you are criticizing them for trying to impress people by showing in a very obvious way what they can do or what they own.
英英释义
noun
- someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
双语例句
- He had this big, you know, sort of show-off cellar, you know.
他有个特别大的那种特张扬的酒窖。 - The sentences still form in my mind, and thoughts still do their little show-off dance, but I know my thought patterns so well now that they don't bother me anymore.
词句仍在我的脑子里成形,思维仍卖弄风骚地手舞足蹈,但我现在已经十分熟悉自己的思维模式,不再受到干扰。 - People also use the expression to describe someone who is a "show-off".
人们也用这种表达法来描述某些炫耀自己的人。 - One might ask why, other than sci-fi show-off value, one would wish to replace a clicker with hand gestures.
有人可能会问,除了科幻小说式炫耀的价值,人们有什么理由希望用手势代替遥控器。 - Take no notice of him you know what a show-off he is.
别理睬他&你知道他多喜欢卖弄。 - Nevertheless, for a very long of period, the metaphysical style of his poetry has been criticized by many professionals, who consider it as a show-off of intellect.
在相当长的时期内,批评家们对多恩的诗歌及形而上学派诗歌创作持诟病的态度,认为那是旖旎玄虚的技巧摆弄。 - Though that is only a plan, he self-deprecatingly says, not wanting to look a show-off.
不过,这只是个计划,他谦虚地说道,不希望看上去在吹牛。 - His classmates called him a show-off because of his bumptious airs.
由于他老是装出一副自以为是的架势,所以同学们就叫他自大的夜郎。 - That little show-off Sondra tried to make something of him.
那个有点自以为是的小桑德拉想帮他弄出点名堂来。 - One of my favorite show-off tricks is to do a complete bare-metal system rebuild, using only a Tom's Root Boot disk and an Internet connection.
我最喜欢表演的戏法是只用一张Tom的RootBoot盘和网络连接完成裸机系统的重建。
