1Put (something) in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen.

宫殿里过去陈列着一系列的佛兰芒挂毯。

一张手书的通知张贴在售票处。

1. 1.1 Show (data or an image) on a computer, television, or other screen.
   （计算机屏幕等）显示的数据
   pressing the F1 key will display a help screen

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   • The rest of the screen displayed the highest magnification image of the city we could get.
   • The computer displayed the icon of folders on the screen.
   • More importantly, the author discusses how an image can be saved into a file rather than being displayed on screen.
   • Everytime that slender line went around the screen, it displayed the same image.
   • Once on the storage server, a photograph can be displayed on any TV screen or monitor in the house via a simple video client.
   • Data from the controllers - including alerts of problems - are displayed on workstations and computers using Web browsers.
   • If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel you can change the size of fonts and images displayed on your monitor screen with a single click.
   • It is not limited to dedicated handheld devices but can be displayed on any computer screen.
   • True enough, it was Cravis' image being displayed on the screen.
   • Adrian's eyes were glued to the screen while it displayed images of the boy being placed into an ambulance with a respirator over his mouth and blood pouring from his upper chest and sides.
   • It was used to control the images being displayed on the screen.
   • Erica looked at the screen which twinkled and displayed the image of the Chancellor on the background of his cabinet in the Palace.
   • Alone at his desk, the detective glances up at the black login screen displayed on the computer monitor.
   • The stored data were displayed on a computer screen to check quality of the recordings.
   • As the video card displays one image, the opposing eye is blocked by the shutter.
   • The previous photographic picture image is photographed immediately prior and is displayed on the screen.
   • By controlling where and when that field is applied, the screen can display an image.
   • But, when the image is displayed on a wide screen set, the bars are lost and the bottoms of the subtitle text can be slightly cut off.
   • Choosing the image displays the photo in fullscreen, scaled to fit on your TV.
   • Those images were captured by computer chips and displayed using thin computer screens.
2. 1.2 Give a clear demonstration of (a quality, emotion, or skill)
   显示；显露
   both players displayed a great deal of spirit

   两位选手都显示出高昂情绪的决赛。

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   • It is about those players displaying the skill and commitment to come up with a winning strategy, for the sake of the greater good.
   • Elegiac and archly insightful, the quality of the writing displays a striking talent, and one that stays in the memory long after the varied merits of the performances fade.
   • In any event, it would definitely not be nice to publish letters in order to display the ignorance of their writers.
   • The fans want to see Fittler, Lockyer and the 32 other players display their undoubted skills.
   • Kumble displayed endurance, skill and enthusiasm in equal measure to pick up seven wickets on a day where he had to bowl 35.3 overs in torrid conditions.
   • Gene readily responds without displaying any sign of disagreement or bewilderment that he will lead the snow statues committee.
   • Chen revealed that the two paintings were created in the heyday of the two masters, fully displaying their talent and skill.
   • Of course some rule changes over the years have taken away the ability of players to display the skill of fielding.
   • However, the scores do not fairly reflect the high standard of skill and courage displayed by the women of all three services in this burgeoning competition.
   • It will be good for the game to see a talented player like Mattie Forde display his skills in Croke Park before a large crowd.
   • This is a good chance for players to display their skills.
   • The Players' Choice Award is presented to the one player who displays athletic skill, tenacity and desire while playing with a sportsmanlike attitude.
   • When he let his genuinely winning smile come through in that interchange with Ifill over her forgetting the order, he displayed a charm that could be used devastatingly to his advantage.
   • Individual players are encouraged to display their skills by the whistling and ululation of the spectators.
   • In surviving the cut, an otherwise anguished Woods displayed admirable qualities of courage and resolve.
   • Once the openers departed the Lankan middle order displayed the brittle nature of their batting to carve into some intelligent and accurate Indian bowling.
   • Fans have grown frustrated that a player who displayed such talent at Leeds just two years ago is almost unrecognisable now.
   • The Captain displays an uncanny ability to sweat and smoulder simultaneously, and boasts a command of German that goes above and beyond the conversational.
   • By marching together, carrying banners and chanting slogans, thousands of students peacefully displayed their anger and emotion against the war that had started.
   • The centre of Rome had sported a giant map of Greece in order to display the military's triumphs to all Italian citizens.

   Synonyms

   show off, parade, flaunt, flourish, reveal

   publicize, make public, make known, give publicity to, call attention to, draw attention to

   informal flash, push, plug, hype, boost

   manifest, show evidence of, evince, betray, give away, reveal, disclose

   demonstrate, show
3. 1.3no object (of a male bird, reptile, or fish) engage in a specialized pattern of behaviour that is intended to attract a mate.
   （雄性动物）为求偶作炫耀行为
   she photographed the peacock, which chose that moment to display

   她给孔雀拍了照，这只孔雀当时正开屏求偶。

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   • Courtship display, however, we measured as display time during 5 min, starting when the male displayed for the first time.
   • Startled females may also lose the opportunity to mate with more intensely displaying, preferred males.
   • The number of males displaying in a lek or chorus each day is often positively correlated with the number of females visiting or mating in the aggregation.
   • Male Ruffs gather into groups in concentrated areas called leks, to display and attract females.
   • Males immediately began displaying to one another through the transparent partition after the opaque partition was removed.
   • Males display from a chosen nest-site by waving wings and pointing the bill skyward, exposing the skin of the throat.
   • Case 2: The two birds displayed or fought, and the intruder flew away from the site.
   • When males display and mate at the sites where offspring develop, site choice and mate choice may not be independent.
   • Clearly, a secondary male can benefit by displaying near a hotshot.
   • Individual males moved and displayed within territories approximately 25 m in diameter.
   • The male selects the nest area where he displays to attract the female.
   • Males begin displaying in January, and eggs are laid from February through the end of May.
   • Males may choose to display at sites associated with resources used by females.
   • When displaying, males point their tails up, spread their wings, hold their heads low, and stamp their feet.
   • Sixty years ago the great ethologist Niko Tinbergen noticed a stickleback fish aggressively displaying toward the window of his fish tank.
   • My earliest diary records watching great spotted woodpeckers displaying.
   • Second, males may choose to display in locations or times of day that best complement their color signals.
   • Males utilize bright mating colorations when displaying on the lek and contribute only genes to their progeny.
   • The tail is cocked when alighting and the bird droops wings when displaying.
   • We will go to where the male birds display or lekk and count the ones there.

1A performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment.

焰火表演。

特技飞行表演队。

1. 1.1 A collection of objects arranged for public viewing.
   展览，展出
   the museum houses an informative display of rocks

   博物馆举办了一场使人增长知识的岩石展。

   mass noun the latest in computer gadgetry was on display

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   • Education played a key role at this year's Great Yorkshire Show, with children creating displays and staging scientific experiments.
   • Display cabinets either side of the fireplace give plenty of space for storage.
   • The photos on display are among a collection of more than 2,000 photos he had taken on his three trips to that country.
   • On display at the Butterfly House are Emperors or Blue Morphos.
   • The event will include displays from wine producers, whisky distillers and champagne tasters.
   • A ventriloquist and puppet collector is to put her rare collection on display.
   • Numerous displays of the children's work, activities and outings were on display and refreshments were provided with the help of members of the Parents' Association.
   • Breads, pastries, rice and legume dishes were on display for the viewing and tasting pleasure of interested patrons.
   • On display will be a variety of patchwork and quilting including the earliest exhibit made by Martha Jackson in Westmorland in 1790.
   • The collection of artefacts on display and their notable lineage contribute to this, but so does the setting, thatch and all.
   • A vast selection, only about five per cent of the collection is ever on display.
   • The home and garden marquee did not just have floral displays but also a little Wivenhoe in a tent as the town took the limelight as the community on display.
   • On display are some pearls but without all the glitter of jewellery.
   • He laughed and pointed me to the display case with chunks of yellow cheddar.
   • Some of his collection are now on display at his house, whose architectural inspiration was a mud mosque in Timbuktu.
   • Dazzling floral displays even further enhanced the exceptional architecture and beautiful interior of the church.
   • As with most museums, only a tiny proportion of the collection is on display.
   • Anyone driving down Shaw Road this summer might have been taken aback by a dazzling floral display.
   • Created by Mark Rode the piece will be included in a civic collection on display in King House, Boyle.
   • Food is either selected from the display cabinets or ordered to be freshly made.

   Synonyms

   exhibition, exposition, exhibit, array, arrangement, presentation, demonstration

   spectacle, show, parade, pageant, extravaganza

   informal expo, demo
2. 1.2 A clear demonstration of an emotion, skill, or quality.
   a hint of malice underlay his display of concern

   他关心的背后流露出一丝怨恨。

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   • With snow not normally found at this time of year, even in the nearby Peak District, the demonstrators took to trampolines to give a display of their skills.
   • Tickets for the display of musical virtuosity are £14.50.
   • This was an excellent all-round performance and the best display from this team so far this year.
   • But Murphy capped a fine all-round display by claiming his 50th try for the club.
   • Congratulations to the team for their heroic performances and great displays of darts, and good luck in the Charity Cup Final.
   • Ger was also a highly skillful footballer and produced some skillful displays with his school teams.
   • Some novelists trumpet their skill with showy displays; others demonstrate their expertise with quiet precision.
   • And it will provide a clear display of international support for the mission that is ongoing here in the country.
   • In fact Vida has always been at odds with displays of technical virtuosity.
   • England are among the teams who have produced an impressive display and an ineffective one.
   • Even a single soldier was a colossal presence in battle; their fighting skills were a display of perfection.
   • Saturday's win was a display of quality cricket with our professional again doing the business with the bat getting another 100 in great style.
   • This was a very special achievement for both the boys and girls to win the area finals and it was achieved with some fine skill and solid displays along the way.
   • It was back then to the Church of the Most Holy Rosary for the Floral Festival, where a stunning display of craftsmanship and skill was evident.
   • The whole team produced a lacklustre display and created little until a final flourish in the 15 minutes.
   • We have all come together with some brilliant individual performances that have contributed to excellent team displays.
   • The breathtaking display of skill and derring-do by the cadets of the National Cadet Corps on Sunday left one dumbfounded.
   • It was certainly the best performance by a Laois team since the great displays by the minor three in a row side.
   • In near perfect rugby conditions Malton gave a display of high quality to destroy visitors Barnsley 49-13.
   • Niall Dunphy s second goal in the 57th minute capped a very impressive display by Dunhill.

   Synonyms

   manifestation, expression, show, showing, indication, evidence, betrayal, revelation, disclosure
3. 1.3mass noun The conspicuous exhibition of one's wealth; ostentation.
   摆阔；炫耀
   every clansman was determined to outdo the Campbells in display

   每个族人都决心要在摆阔方面超过坎贝尔一家人，因此，他们很留意他的行头。

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   • More worrying perhaps is the perceived mental state of the Professor himself, what with the recent displays of uncharacteristic emotion.
   • Sometimes improvised music seems like a selfish display of skills.
   • There was something frankly disgusting about the wealth and splendour on display.
   • I also know my single friends are uncomfortable with witnessing the public display of affection sometimes demonstrated by couples.
   • They are now seen more simply as part of a general trend to ostentatious display of personal wealth, introduced at that time from central Europe.
   • He thrived on the atmosphere and whipped the crowd into a frenzy with his expressive displays of emotions.
   • In Pakistan we have made our lives miserable by the never ending competition and the ostentatious display of wealth.
   • The display of wealth is the most important way to show a superior position in society.
   • An even more dramatic display of wealth would be to remove the silver from circulation permanently, by burying it.
   • When have you been touched by someone else's display of this vital emotion?
   • The conspicuous display of obscene wealth is not a creation of Forbes or the Tatler, but goes back to the Pyramids and beyond.
   • The performed display of heartfelt emotion is a finely tuned act.
   • He saw public displays of affection, he sometimes saw fights.
   • She fell silent and all Natalie could do was watch the display of emotions flitting across her face.
   • Most were exploited; many regularly witnessed ostentatious displays of wealth.
   • Many sources describe the potlatch as a ceremony for the purpose of wealth display.
   • The ostentatious display of ill-gotten wealth only added to Adam's carefully masked anger.
   • There has been enough display of wealth and muscle power.
   • Such a public display of affection should be banned from single people's eyes!
   • I don't like being touched and I don't like displays of emotion so I suppose I am very British in that respect.

   Synonyms

   ostentation, ostentatiousness, showiness, show, pomp, extravagance, ornateness, flamboyance, lavishness, resplendence, splendour, splendidness

   informal swank, swankiness, pizzazz, razzle-dazzle, flashiness, glitz, glitziness, splashiness
4. 1.4 A specialized pattern of behaviour by the males of certain species of birds, reptiles, and fish that is intended to attract a mate.
   动物求偶的炫耀行为
   the teal were indulging in delightful courtship displays

   野鸭忘情地做着愉快的求爱动作。

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   • Courtship includes ledge displays with the male and female bowing to each other.
   • As detailed above, pairs of S. islerorum perform distinctive displays with each duet.
   • Besides attracting predators, begging displays also take a toll on an animal's store of energy.
   • Male courtship displays and bright coloration are usually assumed to provide information to females about some aspect of the male's value as a mate.
   • Males perform aerial displays to attract mates and deter intruders.
   • The male performs spectacular courtship displays and two eggs are laid around mid-May, four days apart.
   • Satin bowerbird courtship involves behavioral displays by males, which may be both beneficial and costly for females, and may favor female signaling.
   • In some species, males have courtship displays which may involve feather fluffing, holding the wings out, shaking them, and raising the tail feathers.
   • Males often have displays designed to attract the attention of choosy females who spend some time deliberating over who to mate with.
   • During his courtship display, the male puffs up his body and fans his tail.
   • Males use dramatic flight displays and songs to attract females.
   • For the pretest and the copying experiment, we recorded the same four males again, but this time as single males that showed courtship displays to a female in an extra tank underneath.
   • Formation of pair bonds begins in October with courtship displays continuing until mating takes place, usually in March.
   • The double crest on the top of the head was probably a sexual display device.
   • The majority of their energy is spent in finding a mate: mating displays for the males, copulation and, ultimately, egg laying for the females.
   • Bronzed Cowbirds perform spectacular three-part courtship displays incorporating both of their major categories of song.
   • Males attract females to their nests with courtship displays.
   • Both the numbers of flight maneuvers and courtship displays of males increase with the number of females in a harem.
   • Male courtship display includes extending the dorsal fin, pursuing, and eventually biting the female.
   • Courtship involves aerial displays in some species; in many others it may only involve ritualized feeding in which the male brings food to the female.
5. 1.5Printing mass noun The arrangement and choice of type in a style intended to attract attention.
   〔印刷〕特排；醒目排印；特排印件
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   • Yet most appraisals of type technology and histories of proprietary typefounding still favor type for text instead of eye-catching display.
   • Incidentally, if you click on the analyzer, it switches through a number of different display styles.

   Synonyms

   appearance, arrangement, organization, packaging, exposition, disposition, layout

2An electronic device for the visual presentation of data or images.

这台彩色显示器要花400英镑。

1. 2.1mass noun The process or facility of presenting data or images on a computer screen or other device.
   （数据在计算机屏幕或其他设备上的）显示
   the processing and display of high volumes of information

   大量信息的处理和显示。

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   • Other possibilities include gauge and progress bars, info boxes with timeouts and file display windows.
   • Our company is a world leader in the field of integration, processing and display of data from radars, sensors and databases.
   • It's unavoidable that printing involves certain complications that are not present for screen display.
   • When designing a typeface suitable for television display, all of these factors have to be accounted for.
   • From a designer's point of view the challenge of giving form to the new medium is to combine passive and active display of content.
   • One focus will be image visualization and the display of data in a way that reveals the most useful information.
   • This is specially to facilitate those who may not have ample window access or display facilities.
   • You've got to try to sell them [the callers] a product, a message bank facility or a call number display facility.
   • We process and convert these inputs through the device for display on the projection screen.
   • We are creating attractive multi-zone screens for immediate display.
   • Image acquisition, storage, display and processing, and image transfer represent the basis of telemedicine.
   • The tube consists of several microcapillary tubes connected to external pressure transducers, which pass signals to a computer for real time display.
   • Palm is piling it on with a much bigger display 320x320 and an attractive software bundle.
   • While the resolution is not good enough for printing, it's fine for a computer program and screen display.
   • It's only a small step from a pilot, lying flat on his back, flying by computer display to someone in a virtual reality booth.
   • The simulator then renders and animates the motion for display on your desktop computer.
   • This transceiver handles the processing, transmission and display of the wearer's vital signs.
2. 2.2 The data or images shown on a computer screen or other device.
   （数据在计算机屏幕或其他设备上的）显示
   the user may wish to see the previous few words as handwriting before the display changes

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   • The unit notifies the operator that it has captured and recorded the point by sounding an audible tone as well as a visual display.
   • Following this, five trials of the same task were presented with the three-character display.
   • The display digitising process will happen in many phases.
   • The only signals required to be sent to the host were those necessary for us to see an exact image of the display on the remote computer.
   • The graphics card takes the job of drawing and redrawing the screen display away from the processor.
   • An easy to read backlit LCD display shows folder, recording time and battery power remaining.
   • This is the default screen display, which isn't that fancy, initially.
   • Depending on the purpose, platforms with one to three axes, scalable visual systems and panoramic displays are possible.
   • After a few minutes of stimulation, subjects reported that the left half of the visual display could no longer be seen.
   • This reduces the number of keys needed to perform a given set of functions and permits a clearer and aesthetically more attractive display to be produced.
   • With practice, participants become more efficient at searching, and can process the whole display with only one or two fixations.
   • The screen's display changed, bringing them an ever closer view of the gas giant they were approaching.
   • And after the computer resizes the display, I ask her if it looks ok and whether she can read it.
   • After a couple of seconds the start-up display appears and shows the owner's name and telephone number, which can only be input at the factory.