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单词 exhibit
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exhibit

verb
 
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exhibit
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
he / she / it exhibits
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/
past simple exhibited
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/
past participle exhibited
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/
-ing form exhibiting
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to show something in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information
    • exhibit something (at/in…) They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs.
    • Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime.
    • He longed for the chance to exhibit his work publicly.
    • exhibit (at/in…) He exhibits regularly in local art galleries.
    Topics Artb2
  2.  
    [transitive] exhibit something (formal) to show clearly that you have or feel a particular quality, ability, feeling or symptom synonym display
    • The patient exhibited signs of fatigue and memory loss.
    • The three novels exhibit a growing confidence in the author's use of language.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.

exhibit

noun
 
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
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  1.  
    an object or a collection of objects put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it
    • The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life.
    Extra Examples
    • The artist is now having her first solo exhibit in New York.
    • The exhibit features unique photographs of San Francisco in the 1900s.
    • The exhibit opened to the public on July 1.
    • The exhibit runs through February 1.
    • The library has a policy of mounting changing exhibits.
    • The library is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a special exhibit.
    • The museum features rotating exhibits.
    • There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.
    • a major exhibit of the painter's work
    • a traveling exhibit of antiques
    • an exhibit of video art
    • an exhibit on local history
    • the museum's new exhibit space
    • a Matisse exhibit at the National Gallery
    Topics Historyb2, Artb2, Crime and punishmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + exhibit
    • see
    • view
    • touch
    See full entry
  2.  
    (North American English)
    (British English exhibition)
    a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public
    • The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • photo
    • photographic
    verb + exhibit
    • see
    • tour
    • view
    exhibit + verb
    • open
    • run
    • be called something
    exhibit + noun
    • gallery
    • hall
    • area
    preposition
    • on exhibit
    • exhibit of
    • exhibit on
    See full entry
  3. a thing that is used in court to prove that somebody is guilty or not guilty
    • The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
    Topics Law and justicec2
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.
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