an exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀,卖弄,夸示 The house was spacious but without any trace of ostentation. 房子很宽敞,但没有任何炫耀的痕迹。
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin ostentatio(n-), from the verb ostentare, frequentative of ostendere ‘stretch out to view’.