| 释义 |
splurgy, a. orig. U.S.|ˈsplɜːdʒɪ|
[f. splurge n. + -y.]
Showy, ostentatious.
1852Yale Tomahawk May 4/3 They even pronounce his speeches splurgy. 1871H. Bushnell in M. B. Cheney Life (1880) 524 Great care to be had of language—no hollow generalities, no splurgy matter, nothing fine. 1884Harper's Mag. Oct. 701/1 If one is..indifferent to the splendid but splurgy meerschaum. 1937Sunday Times 20 Feb. 6/1 Diana is equally obviously one of those big splurgy actresses who have been successes up to the word Gone.
Hence ˈsplurgily adv. U.S.
1887Atlantic Monthly LX. 279 Living freely, generously, and, if one may say so, splurgily. |