meretricious

英[ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]

美[ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]

基本释义

...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.

俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.

一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.

她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。

辞典例句

Adjective

1. like or relating to a prostitute;
"meretricious relationships"
2. tastelessly showy;
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"