show off

show /ʃǝƱ/ n

၁။ [C] ပရိသတ်အားတင်ဆက်သည့် ဖျော်ဖြေမှု။ ပွဲ။ a TV quiz show ❍ a comedy show on radio ❍ The most successful Broadway shows are often musicals. See also CHAT SHOW
၂။ [C,U] ပြပွဲ။ a flower/horse/cattle show ❍ the motor show (ie where new models of cars are displayed) ❍ Many new computers are on show at the exhibition. ❍ EXHIBITION
၃။ [C,U] (က) ပြင်ပန်း အသွင်သဏ္ဌာန်။ put on a show of defiance/strength/friendship/sympathy ❍ His public expressions of grief are nothing but show. (ခ) ပသာဒ။ a fine show of blossom on the apple trees ❍ all the glitter and show of the circus.
၄။ [sing] (infml ) ပွဲ။ လုပ်ငန်း။ အလုပ်။ ကိစ္စ။ She runs the whole show. ❍ Let's get this show on the road (ie start work).
၅။ [C usu sing ] (dated infml esp Brit ) လုပ်ပုံကိုင်ပုံ။ အလုပ်။ ကိစ္စ။ put on/up a good show (eg do well in a contest) ❍ It's a poor show (ie very rude and disappointing) if he can't even send you a card.
v (pt showed ; pp shown /ʃǝƱn/ or, rarely, showed )
၁။ ~ sth (to sb) ထင်ရှားစေသည်။ သိသာသည်။ ပြသည်။ The figures clearly show (us) that her claims are false. ❍ I'll show him how to do it/what to do. ❍ She showed the technique to her students. ❍ Substantially increased funds show the high priority the government attaches to this scheme. ❍ ‘I'm still your friend, you know. ’ ‘Well, you've got a funny way of showing it!’ ❍ They were shown the pointlessness of their actions. ❍ Her new book shows her to be a first-rate novelist.
၂။ (က) ညွှန်သည်။ ပြသည်။ Show me which picture you drew. ❍ I showed him the way out. (ခ) ပြသည်။ ညွှန်သည်။ We were shown into the waiting-room. ❍ The stewardess showed us to our seats. ❍ Please show this lady out.
၃။ ~ sth (to sb) ပြသည်။ You must show your ticket as you go in. ❍ She has shown his letter to all her friends. ❍ They showed me their wedding photos.
၄။ ~ sth (at…) ပြသည်။ ပြသသည်။ The film is being shown at the local cinema. ❍ She plans to show her paintings early next year.
၅။ (က) (လက္ခဏာ စသည်)ပြသည်၊ ပြသသည်။ a soldier who showed great courage ❍ The demand for steel is showing signs of slowing down. ❍ She showed herself unable to deal with money. ❍ He has shown himself to be ready to make compromises. (ခ) ပြသည်။ The priest showed (me) great understanding. ❍ They showed nothing but contempt for him.
၆။ (infml ) (no passive) အစွမ်းပြသည်။ အကြောင်းပြသည်။ They think I can't win, but I'll show them!
၇။ ပေါ်သည်။ သိသာသည်။ ပြသည်။ Fear showed in his eyes. ❍ She tried hard not to let disappointment show. ❍ Her expression showed her disappointment. ❍ Once again, the stubborn streak in her character showed itself. ❍ Mr Cox began to show signs of impatience. ❍ His annoyance showed itself in his face.
၈။ ထွက်နေသည်။ ပေါ်နေသည်။ Your petticoat is showing, Jane. ❍ His shirt was so thin that his vest showed through (it).
၉။ ပြသည်။ ပေါ်သည်။ The town hall clock showed midnight. ❍ The end-of-year accounts show a loss.
၁၀။ ပုံပြသည်။ The cartoon showed the Prime Minister as Superman. ❍ The photo shows her dressed in a black evening dress. ❍ In the portrait he is shown riding a horse.
၁၁။ (infml esp US ) ပေါ်လာ သည်။ ပေါက်လာသည်။ ရောက်လာသည်။ I waited for him all morning but he never showed. See also SHOW UP
၁၂။ (esp US ) (မြင်းပွဲတွင်) အောက်ထစ် တတိယချိတ်သည်။
❏ for show [IDM ] ပြရုပ်သက်သက်။ Those books are just for show—she never reads them.
❏ go to show [IDM ] သက်သေပြသည်။ It all/only goes to show what you can do when you really try.
❏ (jolly) good show! [IDM ] (dated Brit infml ) (ထောက်ခံ၊ ဩဘာပေးသည့်စကား)။
❏ show business (also infml showbiz ) n [U] (ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ဗီဒီယို၊ ရုပ်သံအပါအဝင်) သဘင်လုပ်ငန်း။ go/get into show business ❍ show-business personalities.
❏ show (sb) a clean pair of heels [IDM ] (infml often joc ) ထွက်ပြေးသည်။ တစ်ကြိုးတည်း သုတ်ခြေတင်သည်။
❏ show sb the door [IDM ] ထွက်သွားခိုင်းသည်။ He insulted his host, and was promptly shown the door.
❏ show one's face [IDM ] မျက်နှာပြသည်။ She stayed at home, afraid to show her face.
❏ show one's hand/cards [IDM ] အကြံအစည်ကို ထုတ်ဖော် ပြောဆို၊ ပြသသည်။ I suspect they're planning something but they haven't shown their cards yet.
❏ showing n
၁။ (ရုပ်ရှင်ပွဲ)ပြသခြင်း။ two showings daily.
၂။ (usu sing ) စွမ်းဆောင်နိုင်မှု။ ရလဒ်။ the company's poor financial showing ❍ On (ie Judging by) last week's showing, the team is unlikely to win today.
❏ a show of hands [IDM ] လက်ထောင်၍ ဆန္ဒပြုခြင်း၊ မဲ ခွဲခြင်း။ The issue was decided by a show of hands. ❍ Who is in favour of the proposal? Can I have a show of hands, please?
❏ show off [PHRV ] (infml derog ) ကြွားသည်။ ပြစားသည်။ Do stop showing off—it's embarrassing. See also SHOW-OFF
❏ show sb/sth off [PHRV ] ဖော်သည်။ ပွဲထုတ်သည်။ a dress that shows off her figure ❍ She was showing off her new husband at the party. ❍ He likes to show off how well he speaks French.
❏ show-off n (derog ) သူတစ်ပါးအထင်ကြီးအောင် ပြစားသူ၊ ဟိတ်ထုတ်တတ်သူ။ Take no notice of him—you know what a show-off he is.
❏ show-piece n ပြရုပ်။
❏ show one's teeth [IDM ] ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ စွယ်ယောင် ပြသည်။
❏ show up [PHRV ] (infml ) ရောက်လာသည်။ ပေါ်လာသည်။ ပေါက်လာသည်။ It was ten o'clock when he finally showed up. ❍ We were hoping for a full team today but only five players showed up.
❏ show (sth) up [PHRV ] မြင်ရသည်။ ပေါ်လာသည်။ A fuel leak showed up on the infrared scanner. ❍ Close inspection shows up the cracks in the stonework.
❏ show sb up [PHRV ]
၁။ (Brit infml ) ယောက်မမြင်းစီး ထွက်သည်။ He showed me up by snoring during the concert.
၂။ (esp US ) အခံရခက်အောင် ပြလိုက်သည်။ My daughter really showed me up when she beat me at tennis.
❏ show willing [IDM ] လိုလျှင်ကူညီမည့်ပုံ ပြသည်။ I don't think they need me, but I'll go anyway, just to show willing.
❏ showy adj (-ier, -iest ) (often derog ) ကြွားလွန်းသော။ အစွမ်းပြလွန်းသော။ a showy flower /finish. showily /-Çli/ adv showiness n [U]
❏ (have) something, nothing, etc to show for sth [IDM ] ပြစရာအကောင်အထည်။ All those years of hard work, and nothing to show for it! ❍ I've only got £100 to show for all the furniture I sold.