bauble
英 ['bɔːb(ə)l]
美['bɔbl]
- n. 小玩意；美观而无价值的饰物
词态变化
复数: baubles;
助记提示
【记】音：包包，女朋友的包包里装着一堆花哨小东西，口红，发卡之类的；
1. bauble-------"抱吧"-------------不值钱的珠宝（才让你随便拿）
1. bauble-------"抱吧"-------------不值钱的珠宝（才让你随便拿）
中文词源
bauble 圣诞装饰球
来自古法语baubel的俗化，词根bel, 好，漂亮，同belle, 美女。bau为bel重复变体。来自词根重复构词法。
英英释意
- 1. a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- 2. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
英文词源
- bauble (n.)
- "showy trinket or ornament," early 14c., from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty" (see bene-). Or else related to babe, baby.
实用场景例句
- ...Christmas trees decorated with coloured baubles.
- 缀满各色小饰物的圣诞树
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.
- 赶快拿走那些华丽而不中用的把戏, 把门锁上.
期刊摘选
- That little bauble is not to be compared with ( not to ) this enormous jewel.
- 那个汹设不能与 ( 不是 ) 这个大宝石相比较.
期刊摘选
- That little bauble is not to be compared with this enormous jewel.
- 那个小摆设不能与这个大宝石相比较.
期刊摘选
- The jester brandished his bauble.
- 丑角挥动手中拿着的木棒.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A bauble is a showy ornament of little value.
- 廉价珠宝是华而不实的装饰品.
期刊摘选
- A fool should never hold a bauble in his hand.
- 不要自己出乘露丑.
期刊摘选
- The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.
- 这孩子非常喜欢摸彩袋赢得的那个小玩意儿.
辞典例句
- Learning is a scepter to some, a bauble to others.
- 学识对某些人是权杖, 对另一些人只是漂亮的装饰品.
期刊摘选
- Afool should never hold a bauble in his hand.
- 不要自己出丑.
《现代英汉综合大词典》