gaud

n. 俗丽装饰, 俗丽仪式

发音

UK /ɡɔːd/
US /ɡɔd/
/ɡɑd/

词形变化

gauds 复数 gauds gawds gauds 三单 gauding 现在分词 gauded 过去式 gauded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cheap showy trinket

    Dalmeny lent me red tabs, Evans his brass hat; so that I had the gauds of my appointment in the ceremony of the Jaffa gate, which for me was the supreme moment of the war.

  2. 2.

    trick; jest; sport

    废旧
  3. 3.

    deceit; fraud; artifice

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.

    废旧
  2. 1.

    To sport or keep festival.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

novelty trinket bangle bauble fallal gewgaw

上位词 1

adornment

整体词 1

trinketry

词源

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

来源：wiktionary