| 释义 |
‖ criard, a.|krijar|
Also in fem. form criarde.
[Fr.]
Shrill; ‘loud’; garish (cf. prec.).
1840Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. July 120/1 His pictures are chiefly effects of sunset and moonlight; of too criarde a colour as regards sun and moon. 1889G. B. Shaw London Music in 1888–89 (1937) 260 His voice is high pitched and a little criarde. 1924Blackw. Mag. June 774/1 Man and label were equally criard. Ibid. Aug. 237/1 The palace furniture was equally criard. |