show

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʃəʊ/    美 /ʃoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
    — When the flax is ſufficiently watered, it feels ſoft to the grip, and the harle parts eaſily with the boon or ſhow, which laſt is then become brittle, and looks whitiſh.
  2. A play, dance, or other entertainment. countable
    — There were a thousand people at the show.
  3. An exhibition of items. countable
    — art show;  dog show
  4. A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program. countable
    — radio show;  television show
  5. A movie. countable
    — Let's catch a show.
  6. An agricultural exhibition. Australia,New-Zealand,countable
    — I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
  7. A project or presentation. countable,uncountable
    — Let's get on with the show.
  8. A demonstration. countable
    — show of force
  9. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".) uncountable
    — I envy none their pageantry and show.
  10. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance. countable,uncountable
    — So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.
  11. The major leagues. countable,uncountable,with-definite-article
    — He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
  12. A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  13. Pretence. archaic,countable,uncountable
  14. Sign, token, or indication. archaic,countable,uncountable
  15. Semblance; likeness; appearance. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Beware of the scribes,[…]which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
  16. Plausibility. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  17. A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor. countable,uncountable
  18. A battle; local conflict. countable,slang,uncountable
    — A subaltern, wearing a glengarry, came out of a house, playing with the nose of a shell. He walked a little way with me. “Going into the show?”
  19. A circular impression on sand, indicating the presence of a clam by its siphon. countable,uncountable
    — Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […]
动词 v.
  1. To display, to have somebody see (something). transitive
    — The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
  2. To bestow; to confer. transitive
    — to show mercy; to show favour
  3. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate. transitive
    — He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
  4. To guide or escort. transitive
    — Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
  5. To be visible; to be seen; to appear. intransitive
    — Your bald patch is starting to show.
  6. To appear, look (a certain way) archaic,copulative,intransitive
    — […] until the grey wintry dawn paled them, and the chill earth showed ghostly and desolate in the cold light.
  7. To put in an appearance; show up. informal,intransitive
    — We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
  8. To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant. informal,intransitive
    — Jessica: "So, um, do you think Bella's gonna be showing?" Angela: "Jess, she's not pregnant." Jessica: "Okay. Who else gets married at eighteen?"
  9. To finish third, especially of horses or dogs. intransitive
    — In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
  10. To reveal one's hand of cards. intransitive
    — He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
  11. To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. obsolete
    — My lord of York, it better showed with you.

词形变化

shows present,singular,third-person showing participle,present showed past shew archaic,past shown participle,past showed US,participle,past,rare no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template show infinitive show first-person,present,singular showed first-person,past,singular show present,second-person,singular showest archaic,present,second-person,singular showed past,second-person,singular showedst archaic,past,second-person,singular shows present,singular,third-person showeth archaic,present,singular,third-person showed past,singular,third-person show plural,present showed past,plural show present,subjunctive showed past,subjunctive show imperative,present - imperative,past showing participle,present shown participle,past shew alternative,archaic shewe alternative,obsolete showe alternative,obsolete shows plural shew alternative,archaic shewe alternative,obsolete showe alternative,obsolete shows plural shew alternative,archaic shewe alternative,obsolete showe alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
big leagues
反义词
conceal cover up hide disprove refute
衍生词
foreshow forthshow go to show have something to show for something outshow overshow preshow reshow showability showable show a clean pair of heels show a leg show a little ginger show and share show and tell show ankle show around show away show colour show don't tell show down showee shower show-er show forth show half ball show in show off show one's age show one's ass show one's butt show one's cards show one's claws show oneself show one's face show one's hand show one's stripes show one's stuff show one's teeth show one's true colors show one's true colours show one's true stripes show one's work show out show round show shapes show skin show somebody the door show someone a good time show someone a thing or two show someone one's etchings show someone the door show someone the ropes show some skin show the cloven foot show the cloven hoof show the flag show the ropes show the way show the white feather show the white flag show-through show up show what one is made of show who's boss show who's the boss
相关词
showcase showdown showman showpiece show-stopper show-stopping

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution.
Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen.
Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).
词源 2
From Middle English schewe, from the verb (schewen).
词源 3
Variant of shove, itself a variant of shive.
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