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单词 bauble
释义
bauble
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n

Baubles are trinkets or novelty items that cost little and aren’t very important or valuable, such as a plastic ring in the shape of a daisy that covers half of your finger in hot-pink plastic.
Baubles: the Mardi Gras beads you collected last year, the small statue of the Eiffel tower your grandparents brought back from Paris, those big glass bulbs you use to decorate a Christmas tree, a computer mouse made to look like a hamburger.
WORD FAMILY
bauble: baubles
USAGE EXAMPLES
“Reporters received a ‘Style Alert’ email touting the bauble.”
Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016)
We will adorn their branches with twinkling lights and colourful baubles and place our lovingly wrapped gifts underneath.
BBC(Dec 02, 2016)
“This is basically a silly hobby,” he says, admiring his RedBar brethren’s timely baubles.
Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016)
1n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Syn|Hyper
bangle, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket
adornment
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
2n a mock scepter carried by a court jester
Hyper
scepter, sceptre, verge, wand
a ceremonial or emblematic staff
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