someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
shown off的用法和样例:
例句
In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge, nobody quotes Latin and Greek authors in the course of a conversation, unless he has never read them. 在英国,只有没受过教育的人才会炫耀自己的学识,没有人在会话引用拉丁或希腊的作者,除非他从未念过他们的著作。
She always say, "I do not know what to do ... ", but she is just showed off. 她总是说“我不知该怎么办”, 。。。。但她只是为了要炫耀自己。
She loves showing off her new dress. 她喜欢炫耀自己的新衣服。
I stopped suddenly in case he should think that I was showing off. 我突然停住,唯恐他会认为我是在炫耀。