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showman

/shoh-muhn/US // ˈʃoʊ mən //UK // (ˈʃəʊmən) //

表演者,演艺人员,演艺界人士,秀才

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural show·men.

    • : a person who presents or produces a show, especially of a theatrical nature.
    • : a person who is gifted in doing or presenting things theatrically or dramatically: He didn't have much voice but was a great showman.

Examples

  • Taking into account that Musk is known for being a showman over being a realist, you probably shouldn’t hold your breath for him to deliver this promised product on time.

  • When he was about 16, he had his first major professional job, working for a week in Boston with Cab Calloway, a singer and showman who had been popular in the 1930s.

  • Paige was a natural showman, like the way he ambled into a ballgame from the bullpen — this old gentleman, not one to rush into difficulties.

  • Diana Showman, 19, had come out of her house, ignored demands to put down the weapon, and was shot once.

  • If T-Rex is a rapper by which to set your watch, Daylyt is something of a controversial showman.

  • Ever the showman, he asks if he can play the tape forward, sing the lyric once, play that “backmasked stuff,” then sing that.

  • The announcement was a vintage bit of a political theater for a master political showman.

  • He was not just the best player of his time—he was a showman of epic proportions.

  • The baggage—two trunks, a showman's keyster, two suitcases, a big duffle bag and handbags—was loaded on trailer and backseat.

  • When an experienced showman came to do the clipping, I naturally stuck around to see what would happen.

  • A strong man held her by the wool around her neck, while the experienced showman looked her over with a critical eye.

  • I'm the showman of the occasion, moreover, and I avert myself, leaving you to judge.

  • Herr Selingman stood on one side with outstretched hand, in the manner of a showman.