frippery
英 ['frɪp(ə)rɪ]
- n. 无用的东西；便宜而俗艳的服装
词态变化
复数: fripperies;
中文词源
frippery 俗丽的装饰，华而不实之物
来自古法语fripe, 破布，旧衣物，拟声词，破碎的，词源同frappe.后来讽刺的用于指俗丽的装饰品，装饰物等。
英英释意
- 1. something of little value or significance
英文词源
- frippery (n.)
- 1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie, feuperie "old rags, rubbish, old clothes" (13c.), from frepe, feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness) dates from 1630s.
实用场景例句
- Affections of manner and speech are mere frippery.
- 态度和语言的做作只是矫饰而已.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Affectations of manner and speech are mere frippery.
- 态度和语言的做作只是俗丽服饰而已.
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- She often wears ornaments of frippery.
- 她常戴些低俗的装饰品.
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