单词	ersatz
释义	ersatzer‧satz /ˈeəzæts $ ˈerzɑːts/ adjective [usually before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINersatz Origin: 1800-1900 German ‘something used instead of something else’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Finally, the cult of personal cleanliness is an ersatz religion. His hunger was however strong enough to get him through that, along with the slice of ersatz brown bread. His wife scurried around serving ersatz coffee and comforting a baby born four days previously. Later, ersatz coffee and bread were brought in. This is one of the many New York culinary delights that appear only in ersatz forms outside the city. artificial, and not as good as the real thing:  ersatz coffee
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