| 单词 | gingerbread work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgingerbread work gingerbread work n. (originally Nautical) the carved and gilded decorations of a ship; (later more generally) any architectural or other ornament of an elaborate, often gaudy kind associated with gingerbread; cf. ginger-work n. at ginger n. and adj.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy bawdrya1529 bravery1563 fangle1583 flaunt1590 gaudery1597 trumperya1616 ginger-work1631 frippery1637 finery1647 tawdrya1680 tawdrum1680 tinsey1685 flappet1728 gingerbread work1748 tinsel1782 fallalery1824 tinselry1830 figgery1841 flaring1881 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. iii. 14 Lookee,..if you come athwart me, 'ware your gingerbreadwork.—I'll be foul of your quarter, d——n me. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. 104 Yet the rooms are too small, and too much decorated with carving and gilding, which is a kind of gingerbread work. 1804 Naval Chron. 11 408 As the sailors term it, there is an abundance of gingerbread work. 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls vi. 97 A little enticing gingerbread work about the eaves and porch. 1943 Motor Boating June 35/1 She was a grand boat, plenty o' ginger bread work around her pilot house and boiler deck. 2004 Palm Beach Life Winter 22/2 A charming yellow-and-white abode with snowflake gingerbread work and a breeze-blown American flag above the front verandah. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095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。