garish

• adj. 炫耀的；过分装饰的；过分鲜艳的

词源不详。可能同garnish, 装饰。

1. tastelessly showy;

"a flash car"

"a flashy ring"

"garish colors"

"a gaudy costume"

"loud sport shirts"

"a meretricious yet stylish book"

"tawdry ornaments"

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.

This colour is bright but not garish.

这颜色艳而不俗.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.

他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。

辞典例句

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.

辞典例句

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.

辞典例句

They must look queer in their garish frames on the walls of the peasant's house.

它们镶着很讲究的金框子,挂在一家村舍的墙上是多么不伦不类呀.

辞典例句

The eyes of her image , cynical and sad, wandered from Pamela's face to the garish room.

镜子里,她眼光显得那么冷漠和忧郁, 从帕米拉的脸上转过去看那间花哨的房间.

辞典例句

The heavy smells , the foreign babble , the garish multitudinous signs in a strange alphabet, dizzied him.

那股强烈的气味, 那种陌生的语言,以及许多稀奇古怪的文字写的花里花哨的招牌, 叫他头昏眼花.

辞典例句

But don't you think that orange is a bit garish?

可是你不认为桔红色太鲜艳了 吗 ?

无师自通 校园英语会话

Turn your face away from the garish light of day.

把你的脸蛋从过分耀眼的阳光中别开.

互联网

You reject everything that is garish and trite.

你拒绝夸饰与陈腐.

互联网

N the use of dialog to draw the polygon, and is a kind of garish colors!

运用对话框画出n多边形, 并且是颜色花哨的一种!

互联网