tawdry

FREQ #32489

a. 廉价而俗丽的 n. 廉价而俗丽之物

发音

UK /ˈtɔːdɹi/
其它 /ˈtɑ.dɹi/
US /ˈtɔ.dɹi/

词形变化

tawdries 复数 tawdries tawdrier 比较级 tawdrier tawdriest tawdriest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Tawdry lace.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  2. 2.

    Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.

    可数 废旧 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of clothing, appearance, etc., cheap and gaudy; showy.

  2. 2.

    Of a character, behavior, or situation, etc., unseemly, base, mean-spirited, shameful.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

loud cheap flash tacky flashy trashy shoddy gaudy garish brassy

近义相关 2

inferior tasteless

相关短语

tawdry lace tawdry laces

词源

Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.

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