frill
frill 英 [frɪl] 美 [frɪl]
n. 装饰；褶边 vt. 折成皱边 vi. 起边皱
名词复数:frills
- Use the noun frill when you talk about a decorative strip used as trim. You might have a frill along the bottom of your favorite skirt.
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- n. 装饰；褶边
- vt. 折成皱边
- vi. 起边皱
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1. It’s a big change from decades ago, when city bureaucrats considered good design a costly frill.
这是几十年以来一个很大的变化，当年城市官员们认为好的设计只是昂贵的虚荣。
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2. Because if it's only there as a frill, or a "it's really cool" item for you to show your buddies, it's got to go.
因为如果它仅仅是一个装饰，或者是向别人展示的 “实在很酷” 的项目，那么就对了。
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3. These results should disabuse public officials of the idea that music classes are a mere frill, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly beset public schools.
这个结果，完全应该用来去纠正政府部门的错误观点，那种认为音乐课仅仅只是装饰的观点。 而且，这个结果，也表明是时候去抛弃所谓的预算危机了，那个一直困扰公共学校的问题。
- frill (n.) "wavy ornamental edging," 1801 (with a doubtful attestation from 1590s), of uncertain origin despite much speculation [see OED]; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. Related: Frills.
- frill (v.) "to furnish with a frill," 1570s, from frill (n.) "ornamental bordering." Related: Frilled.
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