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showmanship

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++show·man·ship /ˈʃəʊmənʃɪp $ ˈʃoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  PERFORMskill at entertaining people and getting public attention 善于表演的能力;引起公众注意的技巧
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showmanshipQuestion Time brought out his charm and showmanship.Flash and showmanship take a backseat to sound fundamentals for the most part.Dave and Chris indulged in a little showmanship but this was backed by some great playing.At one point he pretended to topple from the rope, a piece of showmanship that brought a chorus of screams.My high-wire expert had, quite apart from ice cool nerves, a sense of showmanship.He used to lift his hands high off the keyboard, which was my first lesson in the value of showmanship.Again, like most successful entrepreneurs, he knows the value of showmanship.The man who put the flash into kiddy science and engineering was obsessed with mastery and given to showmanship, says Brown.
show·man·ship nounChineseSyllable
entertaining skill attention getting public at and Corpus people


showmanship
showmanship /ˈʃəʊmənʃɪp $ ˈʃoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
skill at entertaining people and getting public attention


show·man·shipBrE /ˈʃəʊmənʃɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃoʊmənʃɪp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] skill in doing things in an entertaining way and getting a lot of attention 主持演出的技巧;演艺艺术;善于表演的技能