meretricious
基本意思释义adj.俗艳的,华而不实的; 俗不可耐短语及实用例句...vulgar, meretricious and shabby sou

meretricious读音音标
英[ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]
美[ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]
基本意思释义
adj.俗艳的,华而不实的; 俗不可耐
短语及实用例句
...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品
A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。
辞典例句
英英释义
Adjective
1. like or relating to a prostitute;
\"meretricious relationships\"
2. tastelessly showy;
\"a flash car\"
\"a flashy ring\"
\"garish colors\"
\"a gaudy costume\"
\"loud sport shirts\"
\"a meretricious yet stylish book\"
\"tawdry ornaments\"
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
\"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility\"
\"meretricious praise\"
\"a meretricious argument\"
