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tawdry

🇬🇧 UK/'tɒ:dri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Cheap and showy in a tasteless way; gaudy and of poor quality.

俗丽的，廉价而华而不实的

n.

Something gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.

廉价俗丽之物

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym
tawdryother
=tawdry

Common Collocations

  • 1.tawdry jewelry俗气的珠宝首饰
  • 2.tawdry affair不光彩的风流韵事
  • 3.[tawdry display]俗不可耐的展示
  • 4.cheap and tawdry廉价而俗丽

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The souvenir shop was filled with tawdry trinkets aimed at unsuspecting tourists.

  • 2.

    She regretted wearing such a tawdry outfit to the elegant dinner party.

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