show off

炫耀； 卖弄

verb

1. display proudly
act ostentatiously or pretentiously

e.g. he showed off his new sports car

Synonym: flauntflashostentateswank

1. 炫耀;卖弄;表现自己
If you say that someone is showing off, you are criticizing them for trying to impress people by showing in a very obvious way what they can do or what they own.

show off的近义词

e.g. All right, there's no need to show off...
好了，没必要炫耀。
e.g. He had been showing off for her at the poker table.
牌桌上他一直在她面前表现自己。

2. 卖弄，炫耀，显摆(某物)
If you show off something that you have, you show it to a lot of people or make it obvious that you have it, because you are proud of it.

e.g. Naomi was showing off her engagement ring...
娜奥米正在炫耀她的订婚戒指。
e.g. Body builders shave their chests to show off their muscles...
健美运动员剃去胸毛以展示肌肉。

3. 衬托;使夺目;使显得更漂亮(或迷人)
If something shows something off, it emphasizes its good features so that it looks especially attractive.

e.g. She had made Helen a dress which showed off her tiny waist.
她给海伦做了件很显她纤细腰身的连衣裙。

4. see also: show-off

Your great name long since reached my ears like thunder. I am ashamed to show off my incompetence in the presence of an expert like yourself.(先生大名，如雷灌耳，小弟献丑，真是班门弄斧了。)

When other teenagers show off their new clothes on Weibo, Yiyang displays his calligraphy work.(当其他青少年在微博上炫耀他们的新衣服时，益阳展示了他的书法作品。)

I thought maybe the boy wanted to show off to his friends and his family.(我想也许这个男孩是想和他的朋友、家人炫耀。)

Your home is a showpiece; show off the home, not the lights.(你的家就是这样的一件样品，能使家大放异彩的并不是灯。)

Men aspire to be able to show off their six packs or their V-shape backs and there's a growing market of slimming pills aimed at men too.(男性渴望展示自己的六块腹肌或V型后背，针对男性的减肥药市场也在不断增长。)

He likes to show off how well he speaks French.(他喜欢向人展示他法语讲得有多好。)

Divers often play with white whales who seem to show off.(潜水员常常炫耀与白鲸玩。)

Some grasshoppers show off their own bright colors.(有些草蜢会炫耀自己身上鲜艳的色彩。)

They want to show off: 'I am beautiful.(他们想要展示我是美丽的。)

With the explorer now declared open, that means you are free to show off your data in the graphic displays Google have hatched.(这一浏览器现在已对公众开放，这意味着你可以用谷歌开发的图形显示器来炫耀下你的数据。)