释义 |
showyshow‧y /ˈʃəʊi $ ˈʃoʊi/ adjective - She wore a lot of cheap, showy jewelry.
- The species is distinguished by its showy white flowers.
- He is gorgeous, not strong, but showy.
- I see her again, very straight, dressed in light colors, not at all showy.
- Some bowerbirds are bright and showy, but others are drab and excite their females with elaborate shelters instead.
- Then they returned to their showy vehicles and went racing away with squealing tyres.
- Though hardly a showy plant, its needle-thin blades look almost silver, especially when covered by a film of dew.
- Winningham delivers Oscar-caliber work, too, in the less showy but equally complex and demanding title role.
something that is showy is very colourful, big, expensive etc, especially in a way that attracts people’s attention: an attractive shrub with showy flowers—showily adverb—showiness noun [uncountable] |