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

• 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。
• 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。
• A newspaper ran an editorial attacking him for being a showman.
  一家报纸发表社论，批评他善于作秀。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Moore is a showman, and his film is studded with trademark stunts.
  穆尔是一个艺人，他的电影里穿插了有很多特技。
• Future coaches would suspect the glamour boy of being a showman but he always remained a workhorse.
  他后来的教练们可能会感到疑惑：这位魅力男孩怎么会成为一位善于作秀的人物。不过，他向来是一个能吃苦的人。
• After the show the showman began to make dinner.
  节目表演完后，团主开始做晚餐。
• Everyone was something of a showman.
  人人都是主持演出的人。
• There was no doubt, lurking somewhere in him, a touch of the spirit of the showman.
  毫无疑问，在他身上潜伏着那么一点滑稽演员的气质。