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Showmanship is the skill of being a showman: timing, the way someone fills a room, knowing when to pause, how to make a moment feel like an occasion. People who talk about sport use it; so do people who write about theatre and . It can be a compliment, or it can be a complaint — pure showmanship, meaning empty display. Though actually, it is more about craft than about being loud. A quiet pause in the right place can be showmanship too.
作秀功力;舞台手腕
組成showman (a person who can hold a crowd) + -ship (the skill or spirit of that role).
同家族的字
- showmanthis word is showman plus -ship
- sportsmanshipthe same -ship ending: the skill or spirit of that kind of person
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
showmanshipnoun/ˈʃəʊ.mən.ʃɪp/
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The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
- The act was clean and well-rehearsed, but the performers lacked the showmanship that would have made it great.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。