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showy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++show·y /ˈʃəʊi $ ˈʃoʊi/ adjective  SHOW OFFsomething that is showy is very colourful, big, expensive etc, especially in a way that attracts people’s attention 花哨的,华丽的,招眼的 an attractive shrub with showy flowers 一丛开有鲜艳花朵的漂亮灌木showily adverbshowiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
showyHe is gorgeous, not strong, but showy.I see her again, very straight, dressed in light colors, not at all showy.Winningham delivers Oscar-caliber work, too, in the less showy but equally complex and demanding title role.Some bowerbirds are bright and showy, but others are drab and excite their females with elaborate shelters instead.She wore a lot of cheap, showy jewelry.Though hardly a showy plant, its needle-thin blades look almost silver, especially when covered by a film of dew.Then they returned to their showy vehicles and went racing away with squealing tyres.The species is distinguished by its showy white flowers.
show·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
colourful, very that showy is big, is something Corpus


showy
showy /ˈʃəʊi $ ˈʃoʊi/ adjective
something that is showy is very colourful, big, expensive etc, especially in a way that attracts people’s attention:
    an attractive shrub with showy flowers
—showily adverb
—showiness noun [uncountable]


showyBrE /ˈʃəʊi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃoʊi/ 🔊 adjective (often disapproving) so brightly coloured, large or exaggerated that it attracts a lot of attention 显眼的;艳丽的;花哨的 SYN ostentatious showy flowers艳丽的花朵 show·ily BrE /ˈʃəʊɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃoʊɪli/ 🔊 adverb showi·ness BrE /ˈʃəʊinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃoʊinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]