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nounPlural demos ˈdɛməʊˈdɛmoʊ informal 1A demonstration of a product or technique. Example sentencesExamples - The official website of the festival promised exciting displays and demos from environmental groups all over the country.
- If in doubt, seek professional advice first - your local DIY shop can probably give you a demo if you need more hands-on instructions.
- From 7.00 p.m. that evening you can enjoy cookery demos and spectacular seafood dishes at the Lighthouse Restaurant.
- Older kids can check out the MAAD Thyme event in Lismore's Skate Park, where there will be BMX and skateboard demos, DJs, aerosol art demos, a mega hip hop show and live music.
- Don't worry if you don't know the rules for these solitaire games because the rules are all included, plus you can watch a demo game played by the computer.
- The Web site of a top firm in this category boasts a consistent and intuitive layout with tightly integrated content and functionality, useful demos and extensive online help.
- I like to get out there and teach, do demos, enter cooking competitions, charity events, whatever.
- This service makes it super simple to provide online training, do software demos, and even make complete sales presentations.
- He describes a visit to an internet company where he watched a demo of a new web service that allows people to create mashups of movies, combining scenes from various films.
- This CD includes tools, presentations, and demos of the latest computer forensics software
- "I just did a remote product demo to a company in Holland," says Weaver.
- The company used in-store advertising, in-package coupons, strong Web site presence and in-store product demos.
- Olga stopped into the store and discovered that it often invited guest chefs to come on Saturdays to do cooking demos to help generate traffic.
- A hair-care professional gave a demo on transforming frizzy hair to smooth, and answered questions posed by the audience.
- Staff members gave a demo of the technology.
- He and Leri and two grad students drove to Philadelphia at 4 a.m. to give a demo to a potential investor.
- We will have a 13-hour day with two cuisine practicals, with a long break and a demo in between.
Synonyms exhibition, presentation, display, illustration, exposition, teach-in - 1.1 A version of something such as computer software produced to demonstrate its capabilities or for use as a trial.
there is a demo to try before you buy Example sentencesExamples - We should also be releasing a multiplayer demo very close to release.
- They are also offering a free 17MB demo of the game from their website.
- The internet is full of information on computer games and free downloads of 'shareware' games and demos for new games.
- At least give the free demo a try.
- I have downloaded several demo/trial versions from the Internet but haven't been very impressed yet.
- They've received quite a lot of awards for their software and they've a demo version which you can download.
- My advice to anyone who is interested in purchasing this game is to download the demo, and try it.
- It is helpful to use the free demo to see exactly how the workflow management software helps you to track document workflow and to see if it is what your business is looking for.
- Check out the site to see all the new features, and download a time-limited demo.
- More info, images and a downloadable demo are available on the game's Web site.
- But many casual and hard-core gamers alike may be turned off by the bugs very quickly, so we suggest trying the demo first.
- In addition to the major release of the game, a free downloadable PC demo will be made available in the coming weeks.
- 1.2 A recording made to demonstrate the capabilities of a musical group or performer or as preparation for a full recording.
we recorded a three-song demo Example sentencesExamples - I was similarly impressed with a demo she recorded to show what her version of the Paper Dolls would sound like.
- The rest of the box set is comprised of demo tracks and live versions.
- Slick gave the singers demos of his backing tracks and encouraged them to come up with words and melodies.
- Seems he received these tracks as a demo way back last year and couldn't resist them.
- We also get to hear the original demo recording of the title song.
- Disc 2 features some early demos and a previously unreleased live run-through of virtually the entire album, recorded during the band's heyday in 1982.
- Mostly, we were recording piano-and-vocal demos, which became the core of the records.
- If you listen to the demos we made for the record and the actual record, they're pretty much the same.
- Disc two is a compilation of unreleased studio tracks, live cuts and demos.
- The band apparently sent him a demo and he liked it so much he asked them out to Fort Apache in Cambridge, MA to record.
- Five years previously he had been sending off demo tapes to record labels and getting no response.
- This session allows you to bring a demo tape and have your song evaluated by a panel of music pros.
- Harris wanted a female singer to record demos of his songs.
- So we basically did all these songs, 13 or 14 songs, as demos, just playing one or two or maybe three takes of each until the arrangement was down.
- We recorded all of the demos at Rednote Audio, which houses a mix of vintage analog gear and contemporary DAWs.
- A real mixed bag is what you'll find on this six-track demo, one thing is for certain you'll be hooked after a couple of plays.
- We went in with him one weekend to record some demos.
- About 20 of these tracks are solo acoustic demos.
- Within a year, they recorded a demo, released two singles and an album.
2British A public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on a political issue. 和平游行。 Example sentencesExamples - I mean, how many demos do you go on these days where a majority of the marchers are in their late teens or early 20s and whose aims are to defend ‘science, reasoned debate and the welfare of mankind’, no less?
- On Saturday two demos will take to the streets: one in support of the lab, arguing that animal testing is necessary to save human lives; the other arguing that animal lives are as valuable as our own.
- In recent months, pro-democracy demos are attracting very few.
- But because of the foot and mouth crisis, the Whitby-based peace campaigners organising the demo switched venues to Whitby town centre bandstand.
- Anti-war protesters who scribbled graffiti on Queen Victoria's statue and Lancaster Town Hall during the demos faced criminal charges yesterday.
- A bunch of us are going to the London peace demo on Sunday.
- An employee/friend of my mother's is very pro-Countryside Alliance and has been attending most of the organised demos around the country.
- This was one of the smaller demos, amid a movement which saw 200,000 school students take to the streets against the threat they see in him.
- The socialite and sometime model appeared before a judge at Bow Street magistrates court for obstructing the highway during last week's pro-hunting demos in London.
- There will also be demos at many other Spanish cities.
- Rain failed to deter protesters turning out for an anti-war march in Colchester, which organisers hailed as one of the biggest demos in the town in recent years.
- The action takes place in the 1960s, but the girls' private dramas unfold in a rarefied world, isolated from the political turmoil of the anti-war demos going on outside.
- He added: ‘We are still hopeful that war can be avoided, and I am sure the previous big demos have had an impact.’
- Massive pro-war demos get ignored by the professional media in favour of handfuls of ‘antiwar’ types, but blogs tell the other side of the story.
- Public demos are likely to continue after parliament ruled the initial poll invalid and passed a symbolic, non-binding vote of no-confidence in the electoral commission.
Synonyms protest, protest march, march, parade, rally, lobby, sit-in, sit-down, sleep-in, stoppage, strike, walkout, picket, picket line, blockade
verbdemos, demoed, demoing ˈdɛməʊˈdɛmoʊ [with object]informal 1Record (a song or piece of music) to demonstrate the capabilities of a musical group or performer or as preparation for a full recording. they've already demoed twelve new songs 他们已经试录了12首新歌。 Example sentencesExamples - The lads are presently demoing and writing new material and with a growing fan base it is coming as no surprise that their music is getting more and more attention.
- We were demoing the song early last year with just a guitar line when Chris played this little, spacey riff.
- It used to be that the guys with the money owned all the gear and you had to pay big bucks to demo your songs.
- The process we go through is to start demoing songs in our rehearsal space, and then kind of cut them down - we look back and realize which parts definitely don't make the cut.
- The album's been demoed and ready to be recorded for at least a year, if not more.
- I've been writing songs and I'm almost ready to go into the studio to start demoing my next album.
- The song was demoed and we began to pitch it to producers and record companies.
- Most of Abbey Road's songs were demoed that January, while Let It Be was cobbled together by Phil Spector from the raw material on the tapes.
- We're just starting to demo the new album.
- The final track listing features songs which, having previously been demoed, were each recorded in the span of a single day.
- We'll demo a bunch of songs and then pick which ones will stay and which won't.
- After we finish this tour, we are going to demo some tracks for that next album.
2Demonstrate the capabilities of (software or another product) 演示（软件，设备） Apple is expected to demo the newest version of its mobile operating system at the conference next week Example sentencesExamples - Not long ago, Comdex was the one and only place where any self-respecting technology company would demo a new product line.
- Both handsets will be demoed at Acer's press event on 31 August.
- The fantasy has now become a reality after a Californian research team released a video demoing the futuristic vehicle.
- In June 2004 the head of the company's research centre demoed a handset powered by a prototype fuel cell.
- When you demo a game over and over again, you start to get a strong sense for what the best parts of your game are, what's really exciting people, and what's not working yet.
- Almost every memory maker at the show demoed some solutions for notebooks.
- Comodo demoed the technology at Microsoft's recent WinHEC development conference.
- Many manufacturers have a booth and basically demo their new or latest products.
- When I saw the unit demoed in NYC a few months ago I was very impressed.
- They'll give presentations on the designs and demo the titles.
- Wright demoed the tool at last August's DefCon but held off its release until Cisco was able to make a fix available.
- After spending three to four days talking about and demoing your game, not to mention two weeks of crunch time in preparation for the show, you're ready for a nice vacation.
- WeI'd like to thank Chaintech for inviting us, and thanks to the manufacturers who were nice enough to demo some cool stuff.
- The company has also demoed a 25-tooth cantilever, arranged as a five-by-five array.
- This enables sales reps to demo products in cafes or busy execs to catch up with email during lulls in conference room meetings, for example.
- Why don't you follow me through to the testing area we have set up for you and you can demo your software to us.
- Sharp has just demoed the final version of the PDA in California.
- Toshiba Research Europe demoed a prototype system that applied quantum cryptography to the transmission of streaming video.
- 2.1 Test (software or another product), typically with a view to a future purchase.
if you want to demo the app first, a free download is also available for you to test out Example sentencesExamples - We invite everyone to visit us and take advantage of the opportunity to demo our products in a comfortable atmosphere.
- Each CD-ROM allows the user to demo the software a maximum of ten times.
- We demoed a lot of hard disk systems - we looked at the RADAR, the Mackie, Tascam.
- You can demo the product by registering without paying, which gets you 24 hrs of use.
- Understudy can be downloaded and demoed free for 30 days, during which time technical support via e-mail is also free.
- Rely on your dealer to help you make the best choice, and demo the machine to see how well it meets your needs.
- Photographers can demo the latest camera's and photography gadgets.
- When I had the opportunity to demo the unit at various trade shows and play with it at retail stores, I became convinced that Apple was really onto something.
- We had a chance to demo some of the new 3DS games on offer at last week's event.
- If you get the chance to demo an Amp Cell don't miss out on it!
- Games can be demoed free and purchased or rented a la carte, or players can subscribe to the OnLive PlayPack for unlimited play of more than 200 games, with more titles added monthly.
OriginEarly 20th century: abbreviation of demonstration and demonstrate. nounPlural demos ˈdɛməʊˈdɛmoʊ US informal both channels managed to maintain ratings among young male demos short for demographic Example sentencesExamples - It sported a tag that was an instant turnoff to the core teen demo (that's mom's brand).
- The skew to an equal number of boys and girls, and to an older demo, allowing for a trickle-down to younger ones, has also propelled the phenom.
- Because a youthful image is appealing, people tweak generational lines, hoping to shift themselves into younger demos.
- "It seems as if the 'tween demo we're trying to hit doesn't have a regular place to go," he says.
- While their films consistently aim at the 12 year-old boy demo, this takes it to a lower level entirely.
- We've added a number of younger columnists to our mix - and not because some advertiser demanded younger demos!
- Eyeing an older demo, print ads will run in Good Housekeeping and Better Homes & Gardens.
- Woodbridge is priced around $7.99, while Coastal hovers around $9-$12 and aims for a younger demo.
nounˈdemōˈdɛmoʊ informal 1A demonstration of a product or technique. staff members gave a demo of the technology Example sentencesExamples - He and Leri and two grad students drove to Philadelphia at 4 a.m. to give a demo to a potential investor.
- Don't worry if you don't know the rules for these solitaire games because the rules are all included, plus you can watch a demo game played by the computer.
- The company used in-store advertising, in-package coupons, strong Web site presence and in-store product demos.
- This CD includes tools, presentations, and demos of the latest computer forensics software
- This service makes it super simple to provide online training, do software demos, and even make complete sales presentations.
- Staff members gave a demo of the technology.
- A hair-care professional gave a demo on transforming frizzy hair to smooth, and answered questions posed by the audience.
- "I just did a remote product demo to a company in Holland," says Weaver.
- I like to get out there and teach, do demos, enter cooking competitions, charity events, whatever.
- Olga stopped into the store and discovered that it often invited guest chefs to come on Saturdays to do cooking demos to help generate traffic.
- The official website of the festival promised exciting displays and demos from environmental groups all over the country.
- He describes a visit to an internet company where he watched a demo of a new web service that allows people to create mashups of movies, combining scenes from various films.
- The Web site of a top firm in this category boasts a consistent and intuitive layout with tightly integrated content and functionality, useful demos and extensive online help.
- From 7.00 p.m. that evening you can enjoy cookery demos and spectacular seafood dishes at the Lighthouse Restaurant.
- If in doubt, seek professional advice first - your local DIY shop can probably give you a demo if you need more hands-on instructions.
- Older kids can check out the MAAD Thyme event in Lismore's Skate Park, where there will be BMX and skateboard demos, DJs, aerosol art demos, a mega hip hop show and live music.
- We will have a 13-hour day with two cuisine practicals, with a long break and a demo in between.
Synonyms exhibition, presentation, display, illustration, exposition, teach-in - 1.1 A version of something such as computer software produced to demonstrate its capabilities or for use as a trial.
there is a demo to try before you buy Example sentencesExamples - My advice to anyone who is interested in purchasing this game is to download the demo, and try it.
- More info, images and a downloadable demo are available on the game's Web site.
- Check out the site to see all the new features, and download a time-limited demo.
- In addition to the major release of the game, a free downloadable PC demo will be made available in the coming weeks.
- But many casual and hard-core gamers alike may be turned off by the bugs very quickly, so we suggest trying the demo first.
- I have downloaded several demo/trial versions from the Internet but haven't been very impressed yet.
- It is helpful to use the free demo to see exactly how the workflow management software helps you to track document workflow and to see if it is what your business is looking for.
- We should also be releasing a multiplayer demo very close to release.
- They've received quite a lot of awards for their software and they've a demo version which you can download.
- They are also offering a free 17MB demo of the game from their website.
- At least give the free demo a try.
- The internet is full of information on computer games and free downloads of 'shareware' games and demos for new games.
- 1.2 A recording made to demonstrate the capabilities of a musical group or performer or as preparation for a full recording.
we recorded a three-song demo Example sentencesExamples - If you listen to the demos we made for the record and the actual record, they're pretty much the same.
- About 20 of these tracks are solo acoustic demos.
- So we basically did all these songs, 13 or 14 songs, as demos, just playing one or two or maybe three takes of each until the arrangement was down.
- We recorded all of the demos at Rednote Audio, which houses a mix of vintage analog gear and contemporary DAWs.
- Disc two is a compilation of unreleased studio tracks, live cuts and demos.
- Slick gave the singers demos of his backing tracks and encouraged them to come up with words and melodies.
- This session allows you to bring a demo tape and have your song evaluated by a panel of music pros.
- The rest of the box set is comprised of demo tracks and live versions.
- Five years previously he had been sending off demo tapes to record labels and getting no response.
- A real mixed bag is what you'll find on this six-track demo, one thing is for certain you'll be hooked after a couple of plays.
- Disc 2 features some early demos and a previously unreleased live run-through of virtually the entire album, recorded during the band's heyday in 1982.
- The band apparently sent him a demo and he liked it so much he asked them out to Fort Apache in Cambridge, MA to record.
- Within a year, they recorded a demo, released two singles and an album.
- I was similarly impressed with a demo she recorded to show what her version of the Paper Dolls would sound like.
- We also get to hear the original demo recording of the title song.
- Seems he received these tracks as a demo way back last year and couldn't resist them.
- Mostly, we were recording piano-and-vocal demos, which became the core of the records.
- Harris wanted a female singer to record demos of his songs.
- We went in with him one weekend to record some demos.
2British A public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on a political issue. 和平游行。 Example sentencesExamples - This was one of the smaller demos, amid a movement which saw 200,000 school students take to the streets against the threat they see in him.
- Massive pro-war demos get ignored by the professional media in favour of handfuls of ‘antiwar’ types, but blogs tell the other side of the story.
- Anti-war protesters who scribbled graffiti on Queen Victoria's statue and Lancaster Town Hall during the demos faced criminal charges yesterday.
- In recent months, pro-democracy demos are attracting very few.
- I mean, how many demos do you go on these days where a majority of the marchers are in their late teens or early 20s and whose aims are to defend ‘science, reasoned debate and the welfare of mankind’, no less?
- He added: ‘We are still hopeful that war can be avoided, and I am sure the previous big demos have had an impact.’
- Public demos are likely to continue after parliament ruled the initial poll invalid and passed a symbolic, non-binding vote of no-confidence in the electoral commission.
- An employee/friend of my mother's is very pro-Countryside Alliance and has been attending most of the organised demos around the country.
- But because of the foot and mouth crisis, the Whitby-based peace campaigners organising the demo switched venues to Whitby town centre bandstand.
- Rain failed to deter protesters turning out for an anti-war march in Colchester, which organisers hailed as one of the biggest demos in the town in recent years.
- There will also be demos at many other Spanish cities.
- The action takes place in the 1960s, but the girls' private dramas unfold in a rarefied world, isolated from the political turmoil of the anti-war demos going on outside.
- The socialite and sometime model appeared before a judge at Bow Street magistrates court for obstructing the highway during last week's pro-hunting demos in London.
- A bunch of us are going to the London peace demo on Sunday.
- On Saturday two demos will take to the streets: one in support of the lab, arguing that animal testing is necessary to save human lives; the other arguing that animal lives are as valuable as our own.
Synonyms protest, protest march, march, parade, rally, lobby, sit-in, sit-down, sleep-in, stoppage, strike, walkout, picket, picket line, blockade
verbˈdemōˈdɛmoʊ [with object]informal 1Record (a song or piece of music) to demonstrate the capabilities of a musical group or performer or as preparation for a full recording. they've already demoed twelve new songs 他们已经试录了12首新歌。 Example sentencesExamples - We're just starting to demo the new album.
- We were demoing the song early last year with just a guitar line when Chris played this little, spacey riff.
- The song was demoed and we began to pitch it to producers and record companies.
- I've been writing songs and I'm almost ready to go into the studio to start demoing my next album.
- It used to be that the guys with the money owned all the gear and you had to pay big bucks to demo your songs.
- We'll demo a bunch of songs and then pick which ones will stay and which won't.
- The lads are presently demoing and writing new material and with a growing fan base it is coming as no surprise that their music is getting more and more attention.
- Most of Abbey Road's songs were demoed that January, while Let It Be was cobbled together by Phil Spector from the raw material on the tapes.
- The final track listing features songs which, having previously been demoed, were each recorded in the span of a single day.
- The album's been demoed and ready to be recorded for at least a year, if not more.
- The process we go through is to start demoing songs in our rehearsal space, and then kind of cut them down - we look back and realize which parts definitely don't make the cut.
- After we finish this tour, we are going to demo some tracks for that next album.
2Demonstrate the capabilities of (software or equipment) 演示（软件，设备） Apple is expected to demo the newest version of its mobile operating system at the conference Example sentencesExamples - Not long ago, Comdex was the one and only place where any self-respecting technology company would demo a new product line.
- When I saw the unit demoed in NYC a few months ago I was very impressed.
- Comodo demoed the technology at Microsoft's recent WinHEC development conference.
- The fantasy has now become a reality after a Californian research team released a video demoing the futuristic vehicle.
- After spending three to four days talking about and demoing your game, not to mention two weeks of crunch time in preparation for the show, you're ready for a nice vacation.
- This enables sales reps to demo products in cafes or busy execs to catch up with email during lulls in conference room meetings, for example.
- The company has also demoed a 25-tooth cantilever, arranged as a five-by-five array.
- They'll give presentations on the designs and demo the titles.
- Toshiba Research Europe demoed a prototype system that applied quantum cryptography to the transmission of streaming video.
- Wright demoed the tool at last August's DefCon but held off its release until Cisco was able to make a fix available.
- When you demo a game over and over again, you start to get a strong sense for what the best parts of your game are, what's really exciting people, and what's not working yet.
- Sharp has just demoed the final version of the PDA in California.
- WeI'd like to thank Chaintech for inviting us, and thanks to the manufacturers who were nice enough to demo some cool stuff.
- In June 2004 the head of the company's research centre demoed a handset powered by a prototype fuel cell.
- Many manufacturers have a booth and basically demo their new or latest products.
- Why don't you follow me through to the testing area we have set up for you and you can demo your software to us.
- Almost every memory maker at the show demoed some solutions for notebooks.
- Both handsets will be demoed at Acer's press event on 31 August.
- 2.1 Test (software or another product) as a trial while considering purchase.
if you want to demo the app first, a free download is also available for you to test out Example sentencesExamples - Games can be demoed free and purchased or rented a la carte, or players can subscribe to the OnLive PlayPack for unlimited play of more than 200 games, with more titles added monthly.
- Understudy can be downloaded and demoed free for 30 days, during which time technical support via e-mail is also free.
- We invite everyone to visit us and take advantage of the opportunity to demo our products in a comfortable atmosphere.
- You can demo the product by registering without paying, which gets you 24 hrs of use.
- We demoed a lot of hard disk systems - we looked at the RADAR, the Mackie, Tascam.
- We had a chance to demo some of the new 3DS games on offer at last week's event.
- When I had the opportunity to demo the unit at various trade shows and play with it at retail stores, I became convinced that Apple was really onto something.
- Rely on your dealer to help you make the best choice, and demo the machine to see how well it meets your needs.
- If you get the chance to demo an Amp Cell don't miss out on it!
- Photographers can demo the latest camera's and photography gadgets.
- Each CD-ROM allows the user to demo the software a maximum of ten times.
OriginEarly 20th century: abbreviation of demonstration and demonstrate. nounˈdemōˈdɛmoʊ US informal both channels managed to maintain ratings among young male demos short for demographic Example sentencesExamples - Woodbridge is priced around $7.99, while Coastal hovers around $9-$12 and aims for a younger demo.
- Eyeing an older demo, print ads will run in Good Housekeeping and Better Homes & Gardens.
- Because a youthful image is appealing, people tweak generational lines, hoping to shift themselves into younger demos.
- It sported a tag that was an instant turnoff to the core teen demo (that's mom's brand).
- While their films consistently aim at the 12 year-old boy demo, this takes it to a lower level entirely.
- We've added a number of younger columnists to our mix - and not because some advertiser demanded younger demos!
- "It seems as if the 'tween demo we're trying to hit doesn't have a regular place to go," he says.
- The skew to an equal number of boys and girls, and to an older demo, allowing for a trickle-down to younger ones, has also propelled the phenom.
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