首页  英汉  汉英  英英  词组  用法  例句  同义词  写作  俚语  缩写  词源  词根  法汉  德汉  日汉  俄汉  韩汉  西汉  意汉  泰汉  越汉


请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 tawdry lace
释义

tawdry /töˈdri/

adjective (tawˈdrier; tawˈdriest)
  1. Showy without taste or worth
  2. Gaudily adorned
noun
  1. Trumpery
  2. A tawdry lace (obsolete)
ORIGIN: St Audrey (ie Æthelthrȳth, daughter of Anna, king of East Anglia), who thought a tumour in her throat a punishment for having worn jewelled necklaces

tawˈdrily adverb

tawˈdriness noun

tawdry lace noun (obsolete)

  1. A woman's silk necktie (in Spenser a waistbelt) such as was sold at St Audrey's Fair at Ely (17 October)
  2. Gaudy adornment

随便看

 

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2026/6/6 21:19:03