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单词 ostent
释义 os·tent
\äˌstent\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin ostentum, from neuter of ostentus, past participle of ostendere to show; in other senses, from Latin ostentus, n., from ostentus, past participle of ostendere to show
1. : a significant sign : portent
 < the night waxed wan, as though with an awed sense of such ostent — Thomas Hardy >
2. : the act of showing or displaying : appearance, manifestation
 < be merry and employ your chiefest thoughts to courtship and such fair ostents of love — Shakespeare >
3. : excessive display : ostentation 1 a
 < the city of glorious ostent and vanity — Christopher Morley >
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