tawdry
英 ['tɔːdrɪ]
美 ['tɔdri]
- adj. 非常华丽的；廉价而俗丽的
- n. 俗丽的东西；廉价而俗丽之物
助记提示
1. hortened from tawdry lace (1540s), an alteration of St. Audrey's lace.
2. maybe shortened form of St. Audrey.
3. St. Audrey => staudrey => taudrey => tawdry.
双语例句
- 1. Do you attend operas , or do you read tawdry novels ?
- 你会参观歌剧表演，还是阅读通俗小说？
来自辞典例句
- 2. The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
- 繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛.
来自辞典例句
- 3. She slopped about her room, unkempt and dishevelled, in her tawdry dressing - gown.
- 她不修边幅,满头蓬发,穿着俗里俗气的睡衣邋邋遢遢在屋里走来走去.
来自辞典例句
- 4. She saw herself as shallow, tawdry.
- 她看到自己只是个穿得花花绿绿的浅薄庸俗的女人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Everything seemed strange, so tawdry and grotesque.
- 一切似乎都很新奇, 很花哨,而且滑稽可笑.
来自辞典例句
