garish

英 ['geərɪʃ]美 ['ɡɛrɪʃ]
  • adj. 炫耀的；过分装饰的；过分鲜艳的
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中文词源

garish 俗艳的

词源不详。可能同garnish, 装饰。

英文词源

garish (adj.)
"showy, dazzling," especially "glaringly vulgar and gaudy," 1540s, of unknown origin, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren "to stare" (c. 1200), which is of uncertain origin (perhaps from Old Norse gaurr "rough fellow") + -ish. Related: Garishly; garishness.

双语例句

1. This colour is bright but not garish.
这颜色艳而不俗.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.
他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。
来自辞典例句
3. All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling.
在你周围好像有些东西又扎眼,又晃眼, 又刺耳.
来自辞典例句
4. The garish yard , filled with the flowers of poverty, was uglier by far than in winter.
满院花花绿绿,开着穷恶的花, 比冬天要更丑陋着好几倍.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
5. It was like garish noon rising to the dignity of sunset in a couple of seconds.
那好象晶明当空的午日,在两秒钟之间变成灿烂庄严的夕阳一般.
来自辞典例句