单词乎

meretricious

音标[,meri'triʃәs]

汉语翻译

a. 华丽而庸俗的, 俗气的, 娼妓的

词型变化

名词:meretriciousness 副词:meretriciously 

英语解释

形容词 meretricious:

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

详细解释


mer.e.tri.cious

adj.(形容词)


Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
浮华的:以庸俗的方式引起注意的:
例句:
meretricious ornamentation.See Synonyms at gaudy
俗气的装饰参见 gaudy

Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
不诚恳的:看似真实但实为虚假和不真诚的;似是而非的:
例句:
a meretricious argument.
似是而非的论点

Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
嫖娼的:妓女或嫖娼的、或与之有关的:
例句:
meretricious relationships.
嫖娼关系


来源:
Latin meretrocius [of prostitutes]
拉丁语 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 [挣钱] *参见 (s)mer- 2

【引伸】
mer.etri.ciously
adv.(副词)
mer.etri.ciousness
n.(名词)

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