English Dictionary

show

/ʃəʊ/

verb

(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something). / (transitive) To bestow; to confer. / (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate. / (transitive) To guide or escort.

Can you show me how to use this software?

意味（1）

(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).

The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.

意味（2）

(transitive) To bestow; to confer.

to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please

意味（3）

(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

意味（4）

(transitive) To guide or escort.

Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.

Your bald patch is starting to show.

意味（6）

(intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.

We waited for an hour, but they never showed.

意味（7）

(intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

意味（8）

(intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

意味（9）

(intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.

He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.

意味（10）

(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

My lord of York, it better showed with you.