| 单词 | show |
| 释义 | show I. transitive verb 1. a. < would have showed us their sacristy — Thomas Gray > < had shown his strength, the power of reason over panic — Victor Canning > b. < showed himself in public places to quiet rumors that he was ill > c. d. < showed every mark of extreme agitation > 2. a. < showed his ticket at the gate > < had to show their passports > b. < stores were showing luxury goods of every kind > < showing new spring suits > 3. < a style that showed a lovely figure to perfection > < a basement window showed him just the feet of passersby > 4. < openly showed royalist colors > 5. < a play that had been shown in every town hall and opera house > 6. < showed the trimmest of well-turned ankles and the demurest of pert smiles > 7. < trees were showing the first light shimmer of green > < a rundown house showed a blind and vacant face to the street > 8. < lies in a valley as beautiful as France can show — A.B.Osborne > < attractions for tourists such as only a metropolis can show > 9. < a light-colored overcoat that showed soil readily > 10. a. < a lighted tower clock showed the time to be 2:15 > < speedometer showed 70 > b. < utilities showed slight gains in generally erratic trading > < major crops continued to show a surplus > < showed a loss for the first time in several years > 11. a. < showed him the house and grounds > < showed the view of the distant mountaintops to his companion > < showed them around the city > b. < showed me to an aisle seat > < showed him to his room > < showed him over the property > 12. a. < his speech and bearing showed a mind at ease > < showed the generosity and freedom of gentle breeding > b. < showed himself kind no less than brave > c. < a strange deviousness showed itself in everything he did > 13. < render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother — Zech 7:9 (Revised Standard Version) > 14. a. < presented a carefully worked out report showing the benefits to be expected from a system of expressways > < a composition that shows predominantly classical influences > b. archaic c. < show cause why judgment should not be entered > 15. a. < show … that the method of knowledge-by-definition is and long has been in standard use — Vilhjalmur Stefansson > < shows the futility of many accepted inferences > < this is shown by every test of reason and tradition > b. < uneven inking shows carelessness in the pressroom > < this habit shows that discipline has been long continued > c. < showed me how to solve the problem > 16. < a photograph showing his whole family > < a painting that shows the author as a young man > 17. < showed eight and won the game > intransitive verb 1. a. < the lovely peaks … showed for a while as spectral shapes above the tree tops — E.E.Shipton > b. < the guest of honor failed to show — Newsweek > c. < I'm glad you showed, kid — H.A.Sinclair > < shad have begun to show at the dam > 2. a. < his nature showed strong in adversity > b. < slackness among civilians … showed plainly in public life — Dixon Wecter > c. obsolete 3. < a tough town to show in > 4. 5. 6. Synonyms: < in this decision he showed his capacity for extreme boldness — John Buchan > evince in today's English may designate revealing, or making perceptible, for inspection or consideration < the two phases seem to draw apart, or at least to evince themselves in distinct expression — H.O.Taylor > < proposal evinces a change of attitude — New Republic > manifest may designate fuller, plainer, or more obvious revelation or indication requiring no examination or attention for perception < a wealth of creative design as is manifested in these prints — Laurence Binyon > < the power the Western democracies can wield is greater than that which Soviet Communism can manifest in aggression — Sumner Welles > evidence may occasionally suggest indication or display which on consideration could serve as valid evidence < she was a good business woman, as is evidenced by the success of her petition, November 4, 1779, to the General Assembly — R.W.Thorp > < retains a strong appreciation of its history, evidenced in the collections of antiquities — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > demonstrate may indicate most obvious revelation or indication, either full and orderly or marked and palpable < undertook both to demonstrate and popularize the Copernican hypothesis — Stringfellow Barr > < one whose entire life had demonstrated an inability to grapple successfully with business and financial problems — Edna Yost > Synonyms: < he exhibited with peculiar pride two cream-colored mules — Willa Cather > < we are sure that she would like to hurl the prayer book, exhibited so ostentatiously before the dowagers, in the face of the congregation — E.K.Brown > < can exhibit a contempt of death because of the exaltation of her faith — F.R.Leavis > display may indicate an unfolding, stretching out, spreading out, or otherwise showing in full detail or to best advantage < displaying the new fabrics to the buyers > < certain events considered important were displayed under six-column headlines — Jacques Kayser > parade suggests sustained ostentatious, arrogant, or defiant display < he did not parade his knowledge. Indeed he seemed honestly apologetic because he knew so little — L.C.Douglas > < they could not parade their virtue. They had lost, and that was the end — Irving Stone > flaunt, a close synonym of parade, may suggest ostentatious challenging, boasting, or mocking < ladies of the bluest blood and the highest social rating flippantly flaunted their lovers and their husbands made no secret of their mistresses — C.G.Bowers > < the grandees no longer flaunted their wealth in exotic entertainments, for most were dead or bankrupt — John Buchan > < and ye vaunted your fathomless power, and ye flaunted your iron pride — Rudyard Kipling > expose may indicate a displaying after being brought out of concealment or from under cover or being discovered or unmasked < he … looked me over as though I had been exposed for sale — Joseph Conrad > < he shrinks from exposing his mind. He is bashful, constrained, often resentful — H.A.Overstreet > < a vitriolic joy in exposing their pretentions and their hypocrisy — Van Wyck Brooks > • - show one's hand - show one's heels to - show the door II. 1. < sent a squadron to make a show of force > 2. a. archaic < command him in show at least — Robert Burton > b. < made a plausible show of being a man of means and position > c. < seemed to be acting with some show of reason > d. < the place made a poor show of domestic comfort and warmth > < carefully tended shrubs and flowers made a striking show > e. < in moments of introspection, when there is no longer a necessity of putting off with a show of wisdom the uninitiated interlocutor — B.N.Cardozo > 3. < his background was irregular but they gave him a show > < do you see any show of discovering who fired the gun > 4. < she was a boast, a marvel, and a show — Lord Byron > < between the cliffs it booms, a mighty show, then softly laps the shore — P.A.Cole > 5. obsolete 6. < a state flower show > < the national motorboat show > 7. a. < significant steps forward in the development of the musical show in this country from … operetta — H.W.Wind > < show people are a hardy and resilient lot > b. < hundreds of cowboy movies and television shows are watched … by millions of Americans — D.B.Davis > < top-drawer radio shows began to be presented from recordings > c. d. < the Romans had some success in low comedy … but their instinct turned to shows and circuses — T.S.Eliot > < you get more free shows in Britain than anywhere else on earth — Anthony Day > e. 8. < a sidewalk show of watercolors > 9. a. < pilots … who had not gone out with us were pretty peeved to think that they had missed the show — McGill News > < that battle was the fleet's big show > b. < the other member of my show rode at my wing tip, a big black shape, sinister in the half-light — J.L.Rhys > 10. a. < the first stake race of the season was a good show — G.F.T.Ryall > b. < good show, his flying that old crate to get here when you were ill > < the department had been drained of morale and pride and was putting on a pretty poor show > 11. < a new president who tried at first to run the whole show in all its details himself > < logging proved a poor show that winter > 12. < widely used to test cores, samples, and drilling mud for oil shows — C.G.Lalicker > 13. a. b. 14. 15. < paid $2.60 for show > — compare win, place III. |
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