gaudy
pronunciation
UK [ˈgɔ:di]
US [ˈɡɔdi]
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- adj.
- 花哨的,俗气的
- 华而不实的
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- n.
- 宴会,招待会
Word Origin
gaudy 俗艳的
来自PIE*gau, 欢乐,词源同joy, jewel. 引申义带来欢乐的珠宝,装饰品。词义进一步贬义化,俗艳的,花里胡哨的。
Example
- 1. How it 's strange : buildings are not usually this gaudy .
- 奇特之处:很少有这么花哨的建筑。
- 2. Others showed the spectacular new beijing opera house , a bullet train and a series of gaudy provincial government buildings .
- 另几张展示的是壮观的国家大剧院,高速列车和几个俗气的省政府大楼。
- 3. A glass kiosk stands at the side of the highway , covered in gaudy neon lights . Inside , a young woman with her body more exposed than covered sits at a glass table , making something .
- 高速公路傍边的玻璃小房子里,在艳俗的霓虹灯照射下,一个穿着暴露的年轻女郎,坐在玻璃的桌子旁,忙碌着什么。
- 4. International opinion is right . The poll is as false as the faades in naypyidaw , the junta 's gaudy new inland capital .
- 国际评论是对的,投票就像军政府新的的花哨的内陆首都-内比都的faades一样错误。
- 5. Chinese consumers are clearly willing to embrace a strikingly gaudy facet of western culture as well .
- 中国消费者显然也很愿意接受西方文化中极为花哨俗气的一面。
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