| 单词 | cheesy |
| 释义 | cheesy (once / 14793 pages) adj Use the word cheesy to describe something that's cheap or badly made. You might hope your fake Rolex watch will impress your friends, but they're bound to see how cheesy it is. A really horrible motel room, with shag carpeting and strange art on the walls, can be described as cheesy, and so can a badly-written, sloppily made television movie. Cheesy is a great informal way to talk about shoddy or slightly unpleasant things. It comes from late 1800's United States university student slang, which also included the term cheese, which meant "ignorant, stupid person." WORD FAMILYcheesy: cheesier, cheesiest, cheesily USAGE EXAMPLESStill, he and Noonan wondered whether it was too cheesy to use. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) So I binge-watch cheesy Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Months later, it’s still the best entertainment in the state—and much less cheesy than your average resort luau. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) adj of very poor quality; flimsy Syn bum, cheap, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny inferior of low or inferior quality |
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