garish

英 [ˈɡeərɪʃ]

美 [ˈɡerɪʃ]

adj.  俗艳的; 花哨的; 炫目的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18795 / COCA.17017

牛津词典

adj.

• 俗艳的；花哨的；炫目的
  very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way
  1. garish clothes/colours
     花里胡哨的衣服；过于艳丽的色彩

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 花哨的；炫目的；俗艳的
  You describe something asgarishwhen you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way.
  1. They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.
     他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。
  2. ...the restaurant's garish, illuminated signs.
     餐馆花哨的烫金招牌

英英释义

adj

• tastelessly showy
  1. a flash car
  2. a flashy ring
  3. garish colors
  4. a gaudy costume
  5. loud sport shirts
  6. a meretricious yet stylish book
  7. tawdry ornaments
  Synonym:brassycheapflashflashygaudygimcrackloudmeretricioustackytattytawdrytrashy

双语例句

• All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling.
  在你周围好像有些东西又扎眼，又晃眼，又刺耳。
• It's some freakish garish beauty pageant that has nothing, frankly to do with health and welfare.
  它是某种奇特扎眼的选美，坦率地说与健康和福利毫无关系。
• Why on earth do you travel in such a garish litter?
  你为什么坐这么漂亮的轿子？
• This carpet has an overelaborate and garish pattern.
  这张地毯花纹繁缛，色彩也过于艳丽。
• They mimic the styles of Zara or mango, with a few garish flourishes popular in the local market, but at a substantially lower price.
  它们模仿zara或mango的款式，再添加一些在本土市场受欢迎的艳俗配饰，但价格要低很多。
• At the same time, archaeologists were undermining traditional "classical values" by discovering that the ancient temples of the Greeks were not the austere edifices people had believed them to be, but had been garish and multicoloured in their heyday.
  同时，考古学家们发现，希腊的古寺庙，其建筑并不象人们原以为的那样严肃朴素。而在其鼎盛时期却是十分华丽俗气的。这就动摇了传统的“古典派的价值观”。
• The first 30 minutes of the film are more like a musical, as we are shown highly decorated sets with garish lighting and scantily clad women dancing sexily.
  电影的前30分钟更像是一部音乐剧，在花哨炫目的灯光下、金碧辉煌的舞台上，一群衣着暴露的舞女跳着性感的舞蹈。
• But how can we expect to enjoy the scenery when the scenery consists entirely of garish billboards?
  但是当这里的风景完全充斥着花里胡哨的广告牌时，我们还怎么能期望享受什么风景？（设问）
• For several years, his group toured the country, delighting audiences in city after city with their garish suits, funny hair, and contagiously happy grins.
  在很多年之中，他一直带着他的团队漫游在国内各地，从一个城市到另一个城市，用他们俗丽的制服，滑稽的发型和那极具感召力的笑容取悦着各地观众。
• In general avoid dressing in loud, garish clothes that would prove distracting to the interviewer.
  总的说来就是不要穿颜色过于俗艳的衣服，那会分散面试官的注意力。