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gimcrackery

/jim-krak-uh-ree/US // ˈdʒɪmˌkræk ə ri //

裂纹,裂缝,裂痕,裂变

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
    • : obvious or contrived effects, especially in art, music, literature, etc.

Examples

  • A man who can kiss a woman's hands like that is at liberty to clear the whole house of gimcrackery.

  • Matilda did very well and only for a moment let the scene slip out of the atmosphere of gimcrackery into the air of life.

  • At best soldiers are evils of the earth, and the pomp and pageantry of war mere gimcrackery.