bauble

C2 FREQ #41641

n. 美观而无价值的东西, 玩具, 小玩意

发音

UK /ˈbɔːbəɫ/
SCOT /ˈbɒbəɫ/
US /ˈbɔbəl/
/ˈbɑbəl/

词形变化

baubles 复数 baubles

别名

bawble

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

  2. 2.

    Anything trivial and worthless.

    比喻 引申义
  3. 3.

    A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

  4. 4.

    A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

novelty trinket bangle fallal gaud gewgaw

上位词 5

verge wand scepter sceptre adornment

整体词 1

trinketry

词源

From Middle English bable, babel, babull, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).

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