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
  Synonym:exhibitionist

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• We all knew her as a big show-off.
  我们都知道她非常爱炫耀。
• Go ahead and wear our set of three hat pins and show-off your sassy style sense.
  戴上这款三个小帽子的胸针能够完全展现出您时尚的气息。
• 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。
• One theory is that men, in particular, use humour as a mating signal, to show-off their intelligence and good genes to women.
  研究人员提出的一个理论是，男人尤其喜欢把幽默作为一个交配信号来向女人展示自己的才智和优良基因。
• 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。
• 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。