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单词 trashy
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Definition of trashy in English:

trashy

adjectivetrashier, trashiest ˈtraʃiˈtræʃi
  • (especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality.

    trashy novels and formulaic movies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Damn our trashy, hypocritical, out-of-date British newspapers, and the foolish people who buy them!
    • It was a pity that such wretched, trashy, horrible publications could not be stopped.
    • It's all very trashy and pathetic with court rooms and smashed chairs.
    • This is no longer only the obsession of trashy magazines and tabloids.
    • Will it be out with trashy makeover and reality shows and in with quality programming?
    • This is her way of countering criticism of her books as gossipy, trashy hack-work with poor sourcing.
    • The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure.
    • Hollywood idols are the gods of today, trashy tabloids and offensive pictorial covers can attest to that.
    • Although the plot is trashy and derivative, this film has some merit as a brutally effective series of gore and shocks.
    • And I do like watching trashy movies, things you wouldn't normally admit to.
    • They want to stress that it looks trashy if you wear the shortest skirts and look tacky.
    • Exploitation movies are often criticized as trashy, but poor taste is an elitist concept.
    • Where footnotes are concerned, it's a bit like trashy novels or violent films.
    • Old soldiers never die, they live on to settle outstanding scores in their trashy memoirs.
    • And the Thriller-like corpse of my trashy, teenage self has risen from the dead and is doing a little dance inside me.
    • Propped up on the orange juice jug in front of her was a thin, trashy romance novel.
    • He had read enough trashy fantasy novels to know that castles didn't have electricity.
    • It was the sort of old fashioned love that silly girls read about in those trashy novels.
    • It's very entertaining to watch and read, and cheaper even than a trashy romance novel.
    • For others it's a certain type of bubble bath, a much-watched DVD or a collection of trashy novels.
    Synonyms
    substandard, below standard, below par, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre

Derivatives

  • trashily

  • adverbˈtraʃɪliˈtræʃəli
    • He is good but he's not good enough, and the same judgment could be passed on this trashily entertaining blockbuster.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The other three-quarters of Howling at the Moon are as deliciously gossipy and trashily entertaining as memoirs get.
      • It's nice and thick, epic, and trashily erudite.
      • The other half, trashily sexy, is more than simply retro: it deliberately revisits the place where it all began in the '70s, fusing Afro-American funk with Kraftwerk.
      • Still, this film is surprisingly memorable, with some trashily vivid scenes like Cleo in dominatrix drag angrily whipping the hell out of Mr. Businessman.
  • trashiness

  • nounˈtraʃɪnəsˈtræʃinəs
    • The fact is, practitioners of the form have ever known about rock's low aspirations, its delinquent sensibility, its ugliness and lewdness, and its implicit trashiness and disposability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thirdly, the fact that I should seek to a connection between myself, a talent show host and a great author is a great consolation, as it confirms to me my own trashiness and vanity.
      • Their popularity presupposes their trashiness.
      • If the film-makers choose to emphasize the concept's inherent trashiness, and gloss up the grindhouse elements, this could be something exhilarating.
      • In honour of the sheer trashiness of the occasion I was drinking champagne with raspberry cordial in it.

Rhymes

ashy, flashy, Lubumbashi, mashie, plashy, splashy
 
 

Definition of trashy in US English:

trashy

adjectiveˈtræʃiˈtraSHē
  • (especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality.

    trashy novels and formulaic movies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's very entertaining to watch and read, and cheaper even than a trashy romance novel.
    • Damn our trashy, hypocritical, out-of-date British newspapers, and the foolish people who buy them!
    • It was the sort of old fashioned love that silly girls read about in those trashy novels.
    • And I do like watching trashy movies, things you wouldn't normally admit to.
    • This is no longer only the obsession of trashy magazines and tabloids.
    • And the Thriller-like corpse of my trashy, teenage self has risen from the dead and is doing a little dance inside me.
    • Hollywood idols are the gods of today, trashy tabloids and offensive pictorial covers can attest to that.
    • For others it's a certain type of bubble bath, a much-watched DVD or a collection of trashy novels.
    • Exploitation movies are often criticized as trashy, but poor taste is an elitist concept.
    • They want to stress that it looks trashy if you wear the shortest skirts and look tacky.
    • It's all very trashy and pathetic with court rooms and smashed chairs.
    • Where footnotes are concerned, it's a bit like trashy novels or violent films.
    • The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure.
    • This is her way of countering criticism of her books as gossipy, trashy hack-work with poor sourcing.
    • Propped up on the orange juice jug in front of her was a thin, trashy romance novel.
    • Will it be out with trashy makeover and reality shows and in with quality programming?
    • Old soldiers never die, they live on to settle outstanding scores in their trashy memoirs.
    • Although the plot is trashy and derivative, this film has some merit as a brutally effective series of gore and shocks.
    • It was a pity that such wretched, trashy, horrible publications could not be stopped.
    • He had read enough trashy fantasy novels to know that castles didn't have electricity.
    Synonyms
    substandard, below standard, below par, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre
 
 
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