单词 | christmas-cardy |
释义 | > as lemmasˈChristmas-cardy ˈChristmas-cardy adj. characteristic or reminiscent of a stereotypical Christmas card (often with connotations of triteness or sentimentality); = sense B. ΚΠ 1883 Sat. Rev. 1 Dec. 711/1 Many of the cards..are spoilt by the flowers being treated neither conventionally, pictorially, nor botanically, but in a style which may..be described as Christmas Cardy. 1915 ‘An American’ Can Germany Win? vi. 75 This is no German, moonlit Christmas-cardy fairy tale. 2019 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 17 Feb. 28 The honest, if slightly Christmas-cardy view of Swedish suburbia. < as lemmas |
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