exhibit
Definitions
To display or show something publicly, especially in a gallery or museum.
公开展示，陈列（尤指在画廊或博物馆）。
To show or reveal a quality, feeling, or behavior.
表现出，显露出（某种特质、情绪或行为）。
An object or collection shown at an exhibition or museum.
展览品，陈列品。
A document or object produced as evidence in court.
（法庭上出示的）证据，物证。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedex- (out) + hibit (hold) = hold out. You take what you have and hold it out into the open for others to see. From physical display (exhibit a painting) the word stretched to showing qualities (exhibit symptoms, exhibit courage) and to court evidence 'held out' for the judge.
Root hibit still carries 6 more wordsUsage Guide
Stress shifts and senses split by part of speech. As a verb (ig-ZIB-it) it means 'show/display.' As a noun it has two distinct uses: an item on display (a museum exhibit) and, especially in American legal English, a piece of evidence (Exhibit A). British English often prefers 'exhibition' for the event and 'exhibit' for the single item.
Example Sentences
- 1.
The museum will exhibit her photographs through the summer.
- 2.
The patient began to exhibit symptoms of the disease.
- 3.
Each exhibit is labeled with the artist's name and year.
- 4.
The lawyer marked the letter as Exhibit A.