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单词 unshowy
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Definition of unshowy in English:

unshowy

adjectiveʌnˈʃəʊiənˈSHōi
  • Not showy in appearance or style; restrained or understated.

    a natural, unshowy performer with a tremendous singing voice
    she writes about her parents with deep, unshowy affection
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Being a natural, unshowy performer with a tremendous singing voice, she shifts all the more convincingly from lowly sibling to elegant diva.
    • Director Gore Verbinski does an efficient, unshowy job of laying out the story and giving Depp and Geoffrey Rush room to chew the scenery.
    • Those attacks brought a largely unwelcome spotlight on Prince Nayef, seen as an unshowy, tough but efficient conservative within the ruling Saudi royal family.
    • The luminescence of Nia's distinctive voice remains undiminished and her own compositions are unshowy yet lovely.
    • Auberbach's direction is assured, if unshowy, throughout.
    • An unshowy mastery of empathetic guitar-lines lends depth and variety to the rawness: shattering echoes, sinister decayed sputterings, plaintive refrains.
    • From inside his pleasant but unshowy house in the Northamptonshire town of Wellingborough, Ebdon opens his electronic gates.
    • His cooking is unshowy, unfashionable, unchanging.
    • After his two ventures into the supernatural, M Night Shyamalan switches to extraterrestrials in a quiet, unshowy film that builds up a real head of suspense.
    • But in the flesh, trim and handsome, she seems wilfully unshowy and, well, frightfully nice.
    • Picardie writes about her parents with deep, unshowy affection and a certain reticence - entirely appropriate, and a pleasant novelty in these days of compulsory gut-spilling.
    • Pleasant yet unexceptional in appearance, he had a breezy, all-American manner and an intimate, unshowy voice.
    • He writes in serviceable, unshowy prose, whose effect is cumulative.
    • Unostentatious and unshowy, their simplicity belies their deep resonance.
    • It also gets a really first-rate, unshowy production from Rapture.
    • The subtle pervasive sheen, which caresses similar unshowy utensils, differs little in the two pictures.
    • They were very unshowy people, they did a job, got on with their lives, enjoyed their lives - it's very sad. "
    • Director Zhang-Ke's style, though, is relentlessly unshowy, deadpan and undramatic: everyday life is worthy of time and consideration.
    • Morrissey is magnificent at portraying this kind of soulful Everyman, and his unshowy performance chimes well with Ashfield's dreamy yet determined maternalism.
    • Bacon plays all the pieces with a rather understated, unshowy technique, where the music is always of prime importance.
 
 

Definition of unshowy in US English:

unshowy

adjectiveənˈSHōi
  • Not showy in appearance or style; restrained or understated.

    a natural, unshowy performer with a tremendous singing voice
    she writes about her parents with deep, unshowy affection
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Picardie writes about her parents with deep, unshowy affection and a certain reticence - entirely appropriate, and a pleasant novelty in these days of compulsory gut-spilling.
    • But in the flesh, trim and handsome, she seems wilfully unshowy and, well, frightfully nice.
    • Unostentatious and unshowy, their simplicity belies their deep resonance.
    • It also gets a really first-rate, unshowy production from Rapture.
    • Auberbach's direction is assured, if unshowy, throughout.
    • Bacon plays all the pieces with a rather understated, unshowy technique, where the music is always of prime importance.
    • Morrissey is magnificent at portraying this kind of soulful Everyman, and his unshowy performance chimes well with Ashfield's dreamy yet determined maternalism.
    • The subtle pervasive sheen, which caresses similar unshowy utensils, differs little in the two pictures.
    • From inside his pleasant but unshowy house in the Northamptonshire town of Wellingborough, Ebdon opens his electronic gates.
    • Director Zhang-Ke's style, though, is relentlessly unshowy, deadpan and undramatic: everyday life is worthy of time and consideration.
    • After his two ventures into the supernatural, M Night Shyamalan switches to extraterrestrials in a quiet, unshowy film that builds up a real head of suspense.
    • Those attacks brought a largely unwelcome spotlight on Prince Nayef, seen as an unshowy, tough but efficient conservative within the ruling Saudi royal family.
    • The luminescence of Nia's distinctive voice remains undiminished and her own compositions are unshowy yet lovely.
    • Being a natural, unshowy performer with a tremendous singing voice, she shifts all the more convincingly from lowly sibling to elegant diva.
    • Director Gore Verbinski does an efficient, unshowy job of laying out the story and giving Depp and Geoffrey Rush room to chew the scenery.
    • Pleasant yet unexceptional in appearance, he had a breezy, all-American manner and an intimate, unshowy voice.
    • He writes in serviceable, unshowy prose, whose effect is cumulative.
    • His cooking is unshowy, unfashionable, unchanging.
    • They were very unshowy people, they did a job, got on with their lives, enjoyed their lives - it's very sad. "
    • An unshowy mastery of empathetic guitar-lines lends depth and variety to the rawness: shattering echoes, sinister decayed sputterings, plaintive refrains.
 
 
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