grimthorpe

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别名

Grimthorpe

释义与例句

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    To renovate an old building or structure in a lavish and expensive, yet tasteless fashion which spoils its original beauty.

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词源

In reference to the renovation of the St Albans Cathedral in the 19th century by Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, which was fiercely criticized at the time.

来源：wiktionary