Tawdry



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.华而不实的, 俗丽的
• ［英］ adj.华而不实的, 俗丽的 ( cheap but showy)
• ［例］ tawdry jewelry

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (tawdrier; -est)

• Etymology: tawdry lace a tie of lace for the neck, from Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda) died 679 queen of Northumbria
• Date: 1655
• cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also ignoble <a tawdry attempt to smear his opponent>
• Synonyms: see gaudy
• ? tawdrily adverb
• ? tawdriness noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1680
• cheap showy finery

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