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gewgaw

/gyoo-gaw, goo-/US // ˈgyu gɔ, ˈgu- //UK // (ˈɡjuːɡɔː, ˈɡuː-) //

格瓦加(Gewgaw)

Related Words

trifle小事一桩,琐事,小事,区区小事toy玩具,玩具类gimmick噱头,噱頭,技巧,绰号oddity怪事,奇怪的事情,奇怪的事,奇特的事物trinket饰物,小玩意,小饰品,饰品souvenir纪念品,记念品,纪念物,礼品item项目memento纪念品,纪念物,纪念册,备忘录curiosity好奇心,好奇,好奇心强,好奇心强的人gimcrackGimcrackknickknack小玩意,小饰品,小玩意儿,小玩意儿curio古玩,古董,古物,古玩店bauble小饰品,小玩意,饰品,小玩意儿bagatelle百加得,百加莱,百乐门,袋子whatnot什么东西,什么事,什么也不说,什么bibelot书籍,书目,书信,书籍目录conversation piece谈话片,对话片,对话作品,谈话稿objet d'art艺术品,艺术作品,藝術品

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnovelty
Synonyms
bagatelle百加得,百加莱,百乐门,袋子bauble小饰品,小玩意,饰品,小玩意儿curio古玩,古董,古物,古玩店curiosity好奇心,好奇,好奇心强,好奇心强的人gimcrackGimcrackgimmick噱头,噱頭,技巧,绰号item项目knickknack小玩意,小饰品,小玩意儿,小玩意儿memento纪念品,纪念物,纪念册,备忘录oddity怪事,奇怪的事情,奇怪的事,奇特的事物souvenir纪念品,记念品,纪念物,礼品toy玩具,玩具类trifle小事一桩,琐事,小事,区区小事trinket饰物,小玩意,小饰品,饰品whatnot什么东西,什么事,什么也不说,什么bibelot书籍,书目,书信,书籍目录conversation piece谈话片,对话片,对话作品,谈话稿knick-knack小玩意,小玩意儿,小饰品,小玩意儿objet d'art艺术品,艺术作品,藝術品

Examples

  • Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.

  • Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.

  • Some of them have been won by a mess of pottage, a mere bauble or a gewgaw.

  • Patient investigation reveals a lacquered toilet-box with a mirror under the lid, a cheap and nasty gewgaw.

  • She wondered what Madame Beattie thought she could get out of giving up the adored gewgaw into other hands.

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