gaudy
英 ['g??d?]
美['g?di]
- adj. 華而不實(shí)的；俗麗的
- n. 盛大宴會(huì)
- n. (Gaudy)人名；(法)戈迪
IELTSGRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?gaudier;最高級(jí):?gaudiest;副詞:?gaudily;名詞:?gaudiness;
中文詞源
gaudy 俗艷的
來自PIE*gau, 歡樂，詞源同joy, jewel. 引申義帶來歡樂的珠寶，裝飾品。詞義進(jìn)一步貶義化，俗艷的，花里胡哨的。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. She was tricked out in gaudy dress.
- 她穿得華麗而俗氣.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Gone are the support suspenders and gaudy steel rings that strangled the tower for much of the last decade.
- 過去十幾年間斜塔四周起支撐作用的吊桿和繞在塔身上的華而不實(shí)的鋼圈現(xiàn)已蕩然無存.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. His only peculiarity , was a habit of wearing impossibly gaudy neckties.
- 他唯一的怪癖就是佩帶俗得令人不敢置信的領(lǐng)帶.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.
- 浮華的蝴蝶卻相信花是應(yīng)該向它道謝的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She wore a gaudy costume to the party.
- 她著一身色彩艷麗的服裝參加宴會(huì).
來自辭典例句