英语单词“showboat”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 showboat 释义 showboatnoun[C]usuallydisapprovinguk

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/??o?.bo?t/someone whobehavesorplaysasportin a way that isintendedtoattractattentionoradmiration,especiallywhen this isannoying:卖弄，炫耀He's not a showboat and isn'tcomfortableattractingattentionto himself.他不是一个爱炫耀的人，也不习惯别人把注意力集中在他身上。He's a showboatoutfielderwho'sfamousfor hisflamboyantcatches.他是个爱炫技的外野手，因其浮夸的接球方式而出名。Seeshowboating

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• Ipassed30piecesoflegislationthatsessionbut I wasn't a showboat, I didn'ttootmy ownhorn, I didn'tcultivatethepress.
• He's not a showboat: "He's not like, 'Look at me, I'm here,'" says hisco-star.
• He was nodaredevil,preferringcalculatedrisksto showboatstunts.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off

• conspicuous consumption
• dressed
• flamboyance
• flamboyantly
• flashsomethingaround
• flashily
• flashy
• flaunt
• gimmick
• grandstanding
• hotdog
• ostentatious
• peacocking
• posture
• push(something)forward
• razzmatazz
• self-conscious
• self-consciously
• self-consciousness
• tarty

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(Definition ofshowboatfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/showboat##