单词 | showboat |
释义 | showboat /shoh"boht'/, n. 1. a boat, esp. a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater. 2. Informal. show-off (def. 1). 3. a person, esp. an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention; show-off. v.i. 4. to perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner. Also, showboater (for defs. 2, 3). [1865-70, Amer.; SHOW + BOAT] |
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