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单词 schlock
释义

schlock

or shlock

[ shlok ]
/ ʃlɒk /
Slang.

adjective

Also schlocky. cheap; trashy: a schlock store.

noun

something of cheap or inferior quality; junk.

Origin of schlock

First recorded in 1910–15; apparently from Yiddish shlak “apoplectic stroke, evil, nuisance, wretch” (compare Middle High German slac(g) “blow”; see slay); development of the English sense is unclear

Words nearby schlock

Schlieffen, Schliemann, schlieren, schlieren method, schlimazel, schlock, schlockmeister, schlocky, schlong, Schloss, schlub
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Example sentences from the Web for schlock

  • Cain wrote one good book, Postman, and a shelf full of schlock.

    Can Pulp Win the Booker?|Allen Barra|September 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for schlock

schlock
/ (ʃlɒk) mainly US slang /

noun

goods or produce of cheap or inferior quality; trash

adjective

cheap, inferior, or trashy

Word Origin for schlock

Yiddish: damaged merchandise, probably from German Schlag a blow; related to slay
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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