| 词汇 | gaudy |
| 释义 | gaudy adjective uk /ˈɡɔː.di/ us /ˈɡɑː.di/ unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration: 俗丽的;花哨的;过于鲜艳的 gaudy plastic flowers俗丽的塑料假花 Synonyms flashUK garishdisapproving gimcrackdisapproving Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off check out chichi dressed exhibitionist exhibitionistic exhibitionistically flamboyance flamboyant flaunt gimmickry meretricious neg negging ostentation ostentatiously peacock peacocking showboating swanky zooty Related wordsgaudily gaudiness gaudy | American Dictionarygaudy adjective us/ˈɡɔd·i, ˈɡɑd·i/ having too many bright colors: He was wearing a gaudy Hawaiian shirt. Examples of gaudygaudy It was a handsome, hand-crafted object, painted in gaudy fairground fashion with stained or etched glass in its windows and a marble-countered and ceramic-tiled interior. Do 'all the elements of seria' really 'pass onstage in a gaudy farewell parade' in the first finale (p. 19)? The casino was everything she promised, and more - garish, gaudy, noisy, manic, and with a gloriously chaotic sound environment to die for. It was an ornately decorated, gaudy simulacrum of the tomb. This book restores a sense of the man as private, nay secretive - modest, shy, retiring: and the frugal simplicity behind the gaudy gallimaufry. If anything, their gaudy excess parodied women's wear; the notion of sticking a few sunflowers in one's hat conjures up an image more laughable than fashionable. A gaudy 'get up' (to make use of an expressive common-place) is highly to be condemned, and at once stamps the wearer as a person of inferior taste. Devotional content is a particularly distinctive thread, even in the gaudy cloth of the film- music scene, i one that stands out readily and is thus easily studied. They have had plenty of miscellaneous exhortation, in eloquent speeches, in gaudy posters and from earnest canvassers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, we hope that the cease-fire agreement is not like a cheap colour television set, brilliant and gaudy in illumination but sadly out of focus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want anything flashy or gaudy; we want something dignified and solid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am thinking more on the aesthetic side of what one sees in the big signs—the bright lights, not the gaudy lights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The politicians who act out their chosen rôles and prefer to clothe their arguments in the bright and gaudy arguments of hyperbole, hypothesis, and exaggeration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Books are all wrapped up in the same cellophane casings which are vulgar and gaudy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can imagine what a gaudy performance that would have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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