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fancywork

/fan-see-wurk/US // ˈfæn siˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈfænsɪˌwɜːk) //

花哨的工作,花样翻新,花哨的工作方式,花样年华

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : ornamental needlework.

Examples

  • She lives alone in a little house with a green yard, and keeps a fancywork and millinery store.

  • Why will dear old ladies cherish these household monsters, festooning them with ribbons and fancywork?

  • And indeed even as his eyes fell upon my fancywork he seemed to take a new lease of life.

  • She was not allowed to go to parties, and she had to learn all kinds of fancywork and cooking, and making sauces and everything.

  • I think I liked the horses and the flowers and the fancywork best.