英语词汇“tawdry”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	tawdry
释义	tawdry —tawdrily, adv. —tawdriness, n. /taw"dree/, adj., tawdrier, tawdriest, n. adj. 1. (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap. 2. low or mean; base: tawdry motives. n. 3. cheap, gaudy apparel. [1605-15; short for (Sain)t Audrey lace, i.e., neck lace bought at St. Audrey's Fair in Ely, England; so called after St. Audrey (OE Aethelthryth, d. 679), Northumbrian queen and patron saint of Ely, who, according to tradition, died of a throat tumor which she considered just punishment of her youthful liking for neck laces] Syn. 1. flashy, meretricious. Ant. 1. elegant.
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