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单词 showboating
释义
showboating
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃəʊ.bəʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈʃoʊ.boʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
aslightlyannoyingformofbehaviour,especiallyinsport, that isintendedtoattractattentionoradmirationbecause it is veryskilful:
卖弄；炫耀
When hescoredhis fourthgoalof theafternoon, we wereforcedtoforgivehis showboating and otherantics.当他在那个下午打进第四个球时，我们只好原谅他的卖弄行为及其他滑稽动作。
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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showboat
(Definition ofshowboatingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshowboating

showboating
This so-called "showboating"and"talking up" the fight, risks mutating the sport into mere showbusiness.
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Then they came out and went in for someshowboating.
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There was, however, a suggestion that, if the leader of my party were willing, they would engage in anothershowboatingexercise.
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His eccentricity has won him a great deal of fans, but what some perceive to beshowboatinghas drawn substantial criticism.
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Tully was a charismatic performer who combined audacious dribbling with outrightshowboatingand razor sharp wit.
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Janardan was evenshowboatingby at first, walking backwards, then again by simply walking off the end of the pontoons into the water.
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The clips chosen are typically embarrassing displays ofshowboatinggone wrong.
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They can use any given situation or feeling and produce a whole record without overplaying orshowboating, they just get their point across and finish in silence.
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Showboatingis likely to get this sort of attention when, as a result, the contestant doing it encounters a problem in the still-in-progress competition.
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Hamilton scored two touchdowns within a minute, both times got into the boat and celebrating as though they were fishing, literallyshowboating.
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