Maybe it just wanted to " showboat" .

也许它只是想" 炫耀" 。

He says he thought that it was being done for what he called showboat reasons.

他说，他认为这个项目的初衷是他所说的“炫耀性理由”。

He’s not a real basketball player, he’s more of a showboat with all the tattoos and fancy cars.

他不是个真正的篮球选手。他不过是个爱炫耀自己的刺青和好车的人。Show 是指表演节目，doing a show 是指表演的意思。平常我们说一个人很爱现、爱炫耀，就用show off 这个动词，而showboat 是有表演节目的船，引申成为名词，就是指爱卖弄的人。

There were showboats that put on shows and melodramas before movies.

在电影放映之前， 有放映船上演表演和情节剧。

I remember she's somewhat of a showboat with that cello.

我记得她是个喜欢卖弄大提琴的人。