英语词汇“tawdrier”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

tawdrier

释义

tawdry /töˈdri/

adjective (tawˈdrier; tawˈdriest)

Showy without taste or worth
Gaudily adorned

noun

Trumpery
A tawdry lace (obsolete)

ORIGIN: St Audrey (ie Æthelthrȳth, daughter of Anna, king of East Anglia), who thought a tumour in her throat a punishment for having worn jewelled necklaces

tawˈdrily adverb

tawˈdriness noun

tawdry lace noun (obsolete)

A woman's silk necktie (in Spenser a waistbelt) such as was sold at St Audrey's Fair at Ely (17 October)
Gaudy adornment

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