showman

英 [ˈʃəʊmən]

美 [ˈʃoʊmən]

n.  善于引起公众注意的人; 喜欢出风头的人; (尤指露天游乐场的)演出主持人，演出经理人

复数：showmen　

BNC.20888 / COCA.20928

牛津词典

noun

• 善于引起公众注意的人；喜欢出风头的人
  a person who does things in an entertaining way and is good at getting people's attention
• （尤指露天游乐场的）演出主持人，演出经理人
  a person who organizes public entertainments, especially at fairgrounds

柯林斯词典

• 主持风格夸张搞笑的人;擅长戏剧性表演的人
  Ashowmanis a person who is very entertaining and dramatic in the way that they perform, or the way that they present things.

英英释义

noun

• a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
  Synonym:promoterimpresario
• a person skilled at making effective presentations

双语例句

• That's because the champ is an artist, and he's the greatest showman on the planet.
  就因为''冠军''是个艺术家，他是地球上最伟大的表演家。
• If everyone was something of a showman, nobody ultimately was victimized.
  假如人人都是主持演出的人，最终就不会有人上当了。
• If Craig Venter, the great Showman of molecular biology, has his way, 2009 will see the first creation of a living cell from laboratory chemicals.
  如果喜欢做秀的伟大分子生物学家克雷格文特（craigventer）能够随心所欲，那么2009年将诞生第一个在实验室里、由化学物质创造出的活体细胞。
• I will deal with you later,@ the showman shouted.
  “等一下再来对付你，”团主叫道。
• Everyone was something of a showman.
  人人都是主持演出的人。
• Mr Schiller put on a gamely performance, but in subtle ways the absence of Mr Jobs, a consummate showman, was felt throughout.
  席勒在台上表现很大方，但是细枝末节，大家从一开始就能感受到了乔布斯&这位精湛的演说家的缺席。
• Jackson was the supreme showman who had an unrivalled knack of grabbing headlines.
  杰克逊是谁最高表演了一个无与伦比的诀窍抓住头条新闻。
• He is a natural showman with the talents of a televangelist.
  他天生就是一个拥有电视演说才能的表演家。
• Walt Disney was a showman.
  华特迪士尼是位表演者。
• Browne: american humorist who used backwoods characters and local dialect to comment on current events in his fictional tales of an itinerant showman.
  布朗：美国幽默作家，在他讲述巡回演出人的小说故事中，用偏远落后地区的人物和方言来评论时事。