gaudy

pronunciation

UK [ˈgɔ:di]word uk audio image

US [ˈɡɔdi] word us audio image

  • adj.
    花哨的,俗气的
    华而不实的
  • 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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