tawdry
tawdry 英 [ˈtɔ:dri] 美 [ˈtɔdri]
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
名词复数:tawdries
- Tawdry means cheap, shoddy, or tasteless. It can be used to describe almost anything from clothes to people to even events or affairs.
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- 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
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1. Leave a comment and share your tawdry secrets with the rest of the Beauty Brains community.
留下你的评论以及和美丽头脑社区的人分享你的华丽秘密。
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2. Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications, exotic rites and vacation photos.
经典文化和艺术已经被低俗的故弄玄虚，外国仪式和假期的照片所替代。
- tawdry (adj.) "no longer fresh or elegant but worn as if it were so; in cheap and ostentatious imitation of what is rich or costly," 1670s, adjective use of noun tawdry "silk necktie for women" (1610s), shortened from tawdry lace (1540s), an alteration (with adhesion of the -t- from Saint) of St. Audrey's lace, a necktie or ribbon sold at the annual fair at Ely on Oct. 17 commemorating St. Audrey (queen of Northumbria, died 679). Her association with lace necklaces is that she supposedly died of a throat tumor, which, according to Bede, she considered God's punishment for her youthful stylishness:
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