gaudy

• adj. 华而不实的；俗丽的
• n. 盛大宴会
• n. (Gaudy)人名；(法)戈迪

来自PIE*gau, 欢乐，词源同joy, jewel. 引申义带来欢乐的珠宝，装饰品。词义进一步贬义化，俗艳的，花里胡哨的。

1. a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university

gaudy

gaudy: [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy-green ‘yellowish-green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic source which, borrowed into Old French, produced gaude – whence English gaudy-green. It has been claimed that this gaudy soon lost its literal meaning ‘produced from weld-dye’, and came to be interpreted as ‘bright’.

Other etymologists, however, favour the explanation that gaudy comes from gaud ‘joke, plaything’ [14], which was adapted from Old French gaudir ‘rejoice’, a descendant of Latin gaudēre ‘delight in’ (from which English gets joy).

gaudy (adj.)

"showy, tastelessly rich," c. 1600; earlier "joyfully festive" (1580s), probably a re-adjectivizing of gaudy (n.) "large, ornamental bead in a rosary" (early 14c.) via the noun gaud + -y (2.). In early Modern English it also could mean "full of trickery" (1520s).

Or possibly the adjective is from or influenced by Middle English noun gaudegrene (early 14c.), name of a yellowish-green color or pigment, originally of dye obtained from the weld plant (see weld (n.1)). This Germanic plant-name became gaude in Old French, and thus the Middle English word. Under this theory, the sense shifted from "weld-dye" to "bright ornamentation."

As a noun, "feast, festival" 1650s, from gaudy day "day of rejoicing" (1560s).

gaudy clothes/colours

过于花哨的衣服 / 色彩

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gaudily dressed/painted

穿着 / 涂饰得太俗艳

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...her gaudy orange-and-purple floral hat.

她那顶饰有花卉的橙紫相间的花哨帽子

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She was tricked out in gaudy dress.

她穿得华丽而俗气.

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All the while he maintained his court edge, leadership, and gaudy numbers.

但他在球场上依然锋芒毕露, 他表现出领袖的气质并拿下华丽的数据.

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These are cheap and gaudy clothes.

这是些廉价而花哨的衣服.

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Despite the fact that he used traditional materials, Gaudy was a modern architect.

尽管高迪使用传统材料, 他却是现代建筑师.

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Gone are the support suspenders and gaudy steel rings that strangled the tower for much of the last decade.

过去十几年间斜塔四周起支撑作用的吊杆和绕在塔身上的华而不实的钢圈现已荡然无存.

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It's a bit too large ( small, plain . gaudy etc. ) for me.

这对于我来说太大 ( 太小, 太素,太花哨等 ) 了.

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Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

它比那光亮柔和而幽暗.

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It's just a bit too large ( small, plain, gaudy, etc ) for me.

稍微大点 ( 小点 、 一般 、 花点 ).

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The Communist sayings are down, and gaudy advertising up.

共产党的标语被换了下来, 代之以俗气的广告.

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The judgment rests on details: does the man wear a serious tie or a gaudy one?

这些判断是根据许多细节得出的: 这个人是系一条“庄重”的领带还是俗气的领带?

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The shop was full of cheap, gaudy jewellery.

这家店里都是些廉价俗气的首饰.

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She wore a gaudy costume to the party.

她着一身色彩艳丽的服装参加宴会.

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A tree covered with tinsel and gaudy paper chains graced one corner.

教室的一角被一棵树装点得熠熠生辉,树上缀满了金银丝帛和华丽的彩纸.

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These gaudy signs all over campus are a real eyesore.

这些花花绿绿的标牌立在校园里,怪碍眼的.

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Antony Gaudy died in 1926, leaving an unfinished cathedral as his epitaph.

安东尼·迪在1926年逝世, 为竟的大教堂是他的墓志铭.

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Gone were the gaudy signs for Pepsi, Carling, Fujifilm and Vodafone.

百事 、 灵 、 士、达丰眩目的广告不见了.

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A gaudy or showy ornament or trinket.

他不喜欢俗丽的装饰.

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One of the accusations frequently laid at fashion's sometimes gaudy door is that it's frivolous.

时尚经常会因为华而不实受到指责,其中一种说法就是时尚太轻浮了.

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His only peculiarity , was a habit of wearing impossibly gaudy neckties.

他唯一的怪癖就是佩带俗得令人不敢置信的领带.

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Antony Gaudy died in 1926, leaving an unfinished cathedral as his epitaph.

安东尼·高迪在1926年逝世, 为竟的大教堂是他的墓志铭.

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Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

柔和在那明亮夜光中炫丽的白天只觉这光太强.

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A cheap, gaudy St. amboat arrive at the wharf from St. louis.

一艘来自圣路易,低廉且华而不实的汽船到达了码头.

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She could be identified by the gaudy bandanna she wore as a head covering.

只要看到有一块绚丽的印花大手帕扎在头上的,那就是她.

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The water was smooth as air, gaudy as silk.

水面像空气一般平静, 像绸缎般华丽.

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She also sported a somewhat gaudy gold watch set with diamonds and sapphires.

她还收到一块镶着钻石和蓝宝石的华丽的金表.

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The gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade.

俗丽的花车引领着马戏团游行.

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