frippery

n. 便宜而俗艳的服装, 无用的东西

发音

US /ˈfɹɪpəɹi/

词形变化

fripperies 复数 fripperies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.

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  2. 2.

    Useless things; trifles.

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    [Olmsted reiterated his insistence that in Chicago] simplicity and reserve will be practiced and petty effects and frippery avoided.

  3. 3.

    Cast-off clothes.

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  4. 4.

    The trade or traffic in old clothes.

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  5. 5.

    The place where old clothes are sold.

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  6. 6.

    Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

fluff frivolity bagatelle

上位词 4

trifle trivia small beer triviality

词源

From French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.

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