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单词 show
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showverb

uk/ʃəʊ/us/ʃoʊ/showed, shown

show verb (MAKE SEEN)

A1 [ T ] to make it possible for something to be seen:

[ + two objects ] Let me show you this new book I've just bought.
On this map, urban areas are shown in grey.
You ought to show that rash to your doctor.
[ + obj + question word ] Why won't you show me what's in your hand?
[ + obj + -ing verb ] The secretly filmed video shows the prince and princess kissing.
These photographs show the effects of the chemical on the trees.
He began to show signs of recovery.
"This is a Victorian gold coin." "Is it? Show me (= allow me to see it)."

More examples

  • Cracks began to show in his facade of self-confidence.
  • She was asked to show her press credentials.
  • Mum dug out some old family photos to show me.
  • Let me show you Pat's embroideries.
  • Shall I show you my new dress?

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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show verb (RECORD)

B1 [ T ] to record or express a number or measurement:

The right-hand dial shows the temperature, and the left-hand one shows the air pressure.
The company showed a loss of $2 million last year.
The latest crime figures show a sharp rise in burglaries.

More examples

  • It's important to show some consistency in your work.
  • Early vote counts show Mr Adams in the lead.
  • Recently published figures show a divergence from previous trends.
  • This screen shows the route the ship is taking.
  • The graph shows population increase.

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Measuring & weighing

  • cost-of-living index
  • decibel
  • life-size
  • measure sb/sth up
  • measure sth out
  • measurement
  • mmHg
  • mmol
  • pace
  • pinhole
  • plumb
  • point
  • quantifiable
  • quantum
  • record
  • short
  • sound
  • timer
  • tolerance
  • unit

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show verb (EXPLAIN)

B1 [ T ] to explain something to someone, by doing it or by giving instructions or examples:

[ + question word ] Can you show me how to set the DVD player?
This dictionary contains many examples that show how words are actually used.
Could you show me the way to the bus station?

More examples

  • For a small consideration, madam, I'll show you the way there myself.
  • Can you show me how to turn the computer on?
  • Zoe will show you what you need to do.
  • These diagrams show you how to fix the child seat in the car.
  • Shona showed me how to make a great omelette.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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show verb (PROVE)

B2 [ T ] to prove something or make the truth or existence of something known:

She has shown herself (to be) a highly competent manager.
His diaries show him to have been an extremely insecure person.
[ + (that) ] The diaries show (that) he was very insecure.
Show me (that) I can trust you.
[ + question word ] Our research has shown (us) how little we know about this disease.

More examples

  • Does the market research show that the product will succeed commercially ?
  • The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat (with each other).
  • These facts alone show that he's not to be trusted.
  • Empirical studies show that some forms of alternative medicine are extremely effective.
  • Surveys show that animal welfare has recently become a major concern for many schoolchildren.

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Proving and disproving

  • actions speak louder than words idiom
  • attest
  • authenticate
  • back sb up
  • bear witness (to sth) idiom
  • belie
  • catch
  • colour
  • do justice to yourself idiom
  • documentary
  • establish
  • evidence
  • explode
  • explosion
  • proof
  • supportable
  • testament
  • the acid test
  • the burden of proof idiom
  • undocumented

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show verb (EXPRESS)

B2 [ T ] to express ideas or feelings using actions or words:

He finds it difficult to show affection.
She showed enormous courage when she rescued him from the fire.
[ + two objects ] You should show your parents more respect/show more respect to your parents.

More examples

  • The new daytime soap opera has yet to show signs that it's clicking with the television audience.
  • I was hoping she might show a little compassion.
  • Could you turn your music down and show a little consideration for the neighbours!
  • We need to show a bit of cunning if we want to trick the enemy.
  • We are demonstrating to show our anger and disgust at the treatment of refugees.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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show verb (NOTICEABLE)

C1 [ I ] to be easy to see or notice:

"Oh no, I've spilled red wine on my jacket!" "Don't worry, it doesn't show."
Whatever she's thinking, she never lets it show.
I've painted over the graffiti twice, but it still shows through.
The drug does not show up in blood tests because it is effective in very small quantities.
When we moved in, the house hadn't been decorated for 20 years, and it showed.
See also
show up
show your age

to look as old as you really are:

Recently, he's really starting to show his age.

More examples

  • I was really angry, but I hope it didn't show.
  • The stains don't really show on the brown carpet.
  • He's been doing much more piano practice and it really shows.
  • The ink shows through the paper.

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Visible

  • (as) large as life idiom
  • discernible
  • eye-catching
  • full
  • high-visibility
  • large
  • mile
  • noticeable
  • out
  • perceptible
  • prominent
  • relief
  • sore
  • stand
  • stand (out) in relief idiom
  • stand/stick out like a sore thumb idiom
  • stick
  • stick out
  • visibility
  • visible

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Describing age & birthdays

show verb (PUBLIC EVENT)

[ T ] to make an artist's work available for the public to see:

Our aim is to make it easier for young unknown artists to show their work.

[ I or T ] If a cinema or television station shows a film or programme, or if a film or programme is showing somewhere, you can see it there:

It's the first time this movie has been shown on television.
Now showing at a cinema near you!

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Exhibiting and exhibitions

  • exhibit
  • exhibition
  • exhibitor
  • expo
  • exposition
  • fashion show
  • open day
  • open house
  • premiere
  • preview
  • retrospective
  • showcase
  • showing
  • viewing

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Cinema - general words

show verb (ARRIVE)

[ I ] mainly US to show up

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Arriving, entering and invading

  • annex
  • barge
  • barge in
  • be on the scene idiom
  • been
  • breaking and entering idiom
  • bugger
  • go down
  • hit
  • hove
  • intrusion
  • invade
  • keep (sb/sth) out
  • land
  • let
  • let sb/sth in
  • loom
  • pile
  • pitch invasion
  • rock

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show verb (LEAD)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to take someone somewhere by going there with them:

Could you show Dr Sanchez into the living room?
The waiter showed us to our table.

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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way

  • accompany
  • bring
  • bring sb/sth along
  • chaperone
  • come along
  • convoy
  • direct
  • docent
  • drop
  • guide
  • lead 1
  • refer sb to sth/sb
  • see sb off
  • shepherd
  • show sb around (sth)
  • show sb over sth
  • stick
  • usher
  • usherette
  • walk

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show verb (FAIL TO HIDE)

[ T ] to fail to hide something, or to make it possible to see or know something that is not intended to be seen or known:

Your shirt's so thin that it shows your bra.
Light-coloured carpets show the dirt.
[ + question word ] His failure in the exams shows (up) just how bad his teachers are.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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show verb (MAKE UNDERSTAND)

[ T + obj + question word ] to make someone understand something by directing their attention to it:

Can you show me where it hurts?
Show me which one you want.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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Idiom(s)

have something/nothing to show for sth
show your face
show your hand
show sb the door
show (sb) the way
that will show sb

Phrasal verb(s)

show sb around (sth)
show off
show sth/sb off
show sb out
show yourself out
show sb over sth
show sb round (sth)
show up
show sb up

shownoun

uk/ʃəʊ/us/ʃoʊ/

show noun (ENTERTAINMENT)

A2 [ C ] a theatre performance or a television or radio programme that is entertaining rather than serious:

a radio/television/stage show
a quiz/game show
Why don't we go to London on Saturday and see a show?
We had to raise £60,000 to stage the show.
We had a puppet show for Jamie's birthday party.
See also
roadshow

More examples

  • People came from afar to see the show.
  • She comperes that awful game show on Saturday night.
  • A crowd congregated around the entrance to the theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars of the show.
  • The Circus has been described as the greatest show on earth .
  • We can either eat now or after the show - it's up to you.

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Spectacles & performances

  • amateur dramatics
  • amateur theater
  • barnstorm
  • bullfight
  • co-production
  • command performance
  • curtain-raiser
  • double bill
  • mano a mano
  • performance
  • performance art
  • premiere
  • Punch and Judy show
  • pyrotechnics
  • spot
  • tableau
  • talent contest
  • tattoo
  • theatricals
  • variety

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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts

show noun (PUBLIC EVENT)

B2 [ C ] an event at which a group of related things are available for the public to look at:

a fashion/flower show
There were some amazing new cars at the motor show.
They put on a retrospective show of his work at the National Museum of American Art.
See also
airshow
peepshow
roadshow
showjumping
sideshow
on show

C1 Something that is on show has been made available for the public to look at:

Her sculptures will be on show at the museum until the end of the month.

More examples

  • His dog won best of breed at the show.
  • The climax of the air show was a flying display.
  • She was doing a flower arrangement for the village show.
  • There is a show of local painters' work in the village hall.
  • There was an exhibition of sheep shearing at the county show.

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Exhibiting and exhibitions

  • exhibit
  • exhibition
  • exhibitor
  • expo
  • exposition
  • fashion show
  • open day
  • open house
  • premiere
  • preview
  • retrospective
  • showcase
  • showing
  • viewing

show noun (EXPRESSION)

[ C ] an action that makes other people know what your feelings, beliefs, or qualities are:

In a show of solidarity, the management and workers have joined forces to campaign against the closure of the factory.
Over 100 military vehicles paraded through the capital in a show of strength.
a good, poor, etc. show

an activity or piece of work that appears to be done with great, little, etc. effort:

She may not have won, but she certainly put up a good show.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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show noun (FALSE APPEARANCE)

[ C ] an appearance of something that is not really sincere or real:

Despite its public show of unity, the royal family had its share of disagreements just like any other.
They put on a show of being interested, but I don't think they really were.
for show

Something that is for show has no practical value and is used only to improve the appearance of something else:

Do the lights on this phone have any useful function or are they just/only for show?

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Affected & insincere

  • affectation
  • affected
  • artificial
  • artsy-fartsy
  • arty-farty
  • cheesy
  • fey
  • forced
  • glib
  • histrionic
  • histrionics
  • hollowly
  • meretricious
  • pious
  • preciously
  • precocious
  • pretension
  • pretentious
  • pseud
  • slick

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Useless and futile

show noun (ACTIVITY)

[ U ] informal an activity, business, or organization, considered in relation to who is managing it:

Who will run the show when Meg retires?
The wedding is their show - let them do it their way.

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Acting and acts

  • (your) every move idiom
  • -ation
  • act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
  • action
  • activity
  • agency
  • ant
  • be up to sth idiom
  • feel
  • gambit
  • get around to sth
  • give yourself over/up to sth
  • go about sth
  • go about your business idiom
  • go through with sth
  • hand
  • manoeuvring
  • talk
  • talk the talk idiom
  • up to

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show noun (BLOOD)

[ C ] specialized medical a small amount of blood and mucus (= thick liquid) that comes out of the vagina at the start of labour (= the process of giving birth):

the bloody show

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Obstetrics: birth

  • antenatal
  • bear
  • birth defect
  • born
  • born
  • breech
  • C-section
  • caesarean
  • childbirth
  • contraction
  • delivery
  • give birth idiom
  • induce
  • maternity ward
  • midwifery
  • obstetric
  • posh
  • prenatal
  • puerperal
  • rooming-in

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Idiom(s)

get the/this show on the road
the show must go on

showverb

us/ʃoʊ/

show verb (MAKE SEEN)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to cause or allow something to be seen:

You should show that rash to your doctor.
These trees show the effects of acid rain.
He’s starting to show his age.

show verb (EXPRESS)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to express your feelings or opinion by your actions or words:

I do not know how to show my thanks for all your help.
He is a scrappy lawyer and shows no mercy to any opponent.

show verb (EXPLAIN)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to explain something to someone by helping to do it or by giving instructions or examples to copy:

[ + question word ] The diagram shows how to fit the pieces together.

show verb (PROVE)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to make something clear or prove something to be true:

Your writing shows you can be a good writer.
He has shown himself to be unreliable.

show verb (BE NOTICEABLE)

[ I/T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to be able to be seen or noticed, or to make something noticeable:

[ I ] I’ve been working for hours, and I’ve got nothing to show for it.

show verb (LEAD)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to lead someone somewhere or to point out something:

Could you show me the way to the post office?
Show me which cake you want.

show verb (RECORD)

[ T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to record or express an amount, number, or measurement:

My barometer shows a change in the weather is coming.

show verb (APPEAR)

[ I ] to appear at a gathering or event:

Jenny said she'd be here, but she never showed.

show verb (MAKE PUBLIC EVENT)

[ I/T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/to make an artist's work available for the public to see:

[ T ] This gallery is a place where young artists can show their work.

[ I/T ] past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/To show a movie is to offer it for viewing in a movie theater or on television:

[ T ] That channel often shows foreign films.

Idiom(s)

show your face
show someone the door

Phrasal verb(s)

show someone around
show off
show off something/someone
show up
show up
show up someone

shownoun

us/ʃoʊ/

show noun (ENTERTAINMENT)

[ C ] a performance in a theater, a movie, or a television or radio program:

a stage/talk show

show noun (PUBLIC EVENT)

[ C ] an event at which the public can view a particular collection of things:

a flower show
a fashion show

show noun (ACTIVITY)

[ U ] infml an activity, business, or organization, considered in relation to who is managing it:

Who will run the show when the boss retires?

show noun (APPEARANCE)

[ C/U ] an appearance of something that is not really sincere or real:

[ C ] Ray made a show of reaching for his wallet.
[ U ] Does this fireplace work or is it just for show?
[ U ] Half for show and half in real anger, I stood up and shouted, “I'm not your friend!”
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