gimcrack / ˈdʒɪmˌkræk /

📖毕业后词汇Gimcrack

gimcrack2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. showy but useless.

gimcrack 近义词

n. 名词 noun

gewgaw

更多gimcrack例句

  1. About two-thirds of the masters have lost their heads, and are trying to produce a gimcrack copy of Eton.
  2. When gazing at it one gazed at the ruin, not of a cottage or of a gimcrack villa, but at the ruins of a palace.
  3. I was never one to jump to gimcrack conclusions, and I said as much with perhaps more candour than the occasion required.
  4. Dominating the town is the two-or three-story “Queen Hotel,” the last word in flamboyant, gimcrack hideousness.
  5. There were many flowers in the room—some in Cloisonne vases, others in gimcrack vessels such as are bought at country fairs.