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meretricious

音標[,meri'triʃәs] 讀音

漢語翻譯

a. 華麗而庸俗的, 俗氣的, 娼妓的

詞型變化:

名詞:meretriciousness 副詞:meretriciously 

英文解釋:

形容詞 meretricious:

  1. like or relating to a prostitute
  2. tastelessly showy
    同義詞:brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
  3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
    同義詞:gilded, specious

詳細解釋:


mer.e.tri.cious

adj.(形容詞)

Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
浮華的:以庸俗的方式引起注意的:
例句:
meretricious ornamentation.See Synonyms at gaudy
俗氣的裝飾參見 gaudy

Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
誠懇的:看似真實但實為虛假和不真誠的;似是而非的:
例句:
a meretricious argument.
似是而非的論點

Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
嫖娼的:妓女或嫖娼的、或與之有關的:
例句:
meretricious relationships.
嫖娼關係

來源:
Latin meretrocius [of prostitutes]
拉丁語 meretrocius [妓女的]
from meretrox meretroc- [prostitute]
源自 meretrox meretroc- [妓女]
from merôre [to earn money] * see (s)mer- 2
源自 merôre [掙錢] *參見 (s)mer- 2

【引伸】
mer.etri.ciously
adv.(副詞)
mer.etri.ciousness
n.(名詞)

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