词汇 | show-pony |
释义 | show pony noun[ C ] Australian Englishuk /ˈʃəʊ ˌpəʊ.ni/ us /ˈʃoʊ ˌpoʊ.ni/ a person who appears to perform well, but has no real ability作秀的人(某人似乎表演得好,但并无真实能力) Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumbling fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely inexpert inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly Examples of show ponyshow pony There is not big money in these studs, unlike the thoroughbred and showpony world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good saying that a showpony, if it wins at a show, fetches a big price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Originally bred to pull carriages, they are used today primarily as show ponies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is not a place for show ponies, it's a time for carefully thought through strategic thinking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is used to refer to as show ponies, divided into classes based on height and type, hunter classes, side-saddle and in hand classes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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