gimcrack中文什么意思

adj.
华而不实的。n.
小玩意儿，华而不实的东西。n.
-crackery
+更多解释...〔集合词〕华而不实的东西。

• gimcrack ornaments:    劣质的饰物

例句与用法

1. "ligeia", which poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack gothicism .
   波自认《莉盖娅》是他怪诞小说中的上品，现在大部分读者认为不过是病态自怜，魔鬼附身，浮华怪诞的大杂烩而已。

英文释义

名词

1. ornamental objects of no great value
   同义词：folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery

形容词

1. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
   同义词：brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

百科释义

Gimcrack (1760-?) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse stallion sired by Cripple, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, his dam Miss Elliot was by (Grisewood's) Partner.