frippery
英['fr?p(?)r?]
- n. 無用的東西；便宜而俗艷的服裝
詞態變化
復數:?fripperies;
中文詞源
frippery 俗麗的裝飾，華而不實之物
來自古法語fripe, 破布，舊衣物，擬聲詞，破碎的，詞源同frappe.后來諷刺的用于指俗麗的裝飾品，裝飾物等。
英文詞源
- frippery (n.)
- 1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie, feuperie "old rags, rubbish, old clothes" (13c.), from frepe, feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness) dates from 1630s.
雙語例句
- 1. Affections of manner and speech are mere frippery.
- 態度和語言的做作只是矯飾而已.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. Affectations of manner and speech are mere frippery.
- 態度和語言的做作只是俗麗服飾而已.
來自互聯網
- 3. She often wears ornaments of frippery.
- 她常戴些低俗的裝飾品.
來自互聯網