show off A. intransitive verb 炫耀 xuànyào B. transitive verb 使显眼 shǐ xiǎnyǎn ▸ the dress shows off her figure rather well 这件连衣裙衬托出她优美的身材 ▸ the dark background shows off the vase to good effect 暗色的背景把花瓶衬托得很漂亮 ▸ he wanted to show off his new car to us 他想向我们炫耀他的新车 |