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Pronunciation: [ʃәu]

Average Rank: 338

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 显示, 表现, 展览, 卖弄, 炫耀, 外观, 演出, 洋相 vt. 表示, 显示, 展现, 陈列, 演出, 表明, 指出, 带领 vi. 露面, 显现, 演出 [计] 显示

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
  • n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
  • v. give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  • v. make visible or noticeable
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: shown
Past: showed
3rd Person: shows
Present Participle: showing
Plural: shows

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#281

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.2% (Top 97.2% most frequent)
97.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#285

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 97.2% (Top 97.2% most frequent)
97.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#448

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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