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

• They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.
  他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。
• 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。
• All your life you think you have to hold back your craziness, but when you're sick you can let it go in all its garish colors.
  你一辈子都认为应该遏制住你的狂热想法，但是当你病了，你不妨让它绽放出耀眼的光彩。
• This colour is bright but not garish.
  这颜色艳而不俗。
• 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 garish glow of neon signs.
  霓虹灯招牌的眩目光亮。
• You can still traverse vast sections of Beijing without noticing that it is the Christmas season, but many higher-end locales have decorations, most of them garish and overblown.
  在北京很多地方你仍感受不到圣诞气息，不过许多比较高级的场所都已扮上了“圣诞妆”，虽然大多有些艳俗。
• They must look queer in their garish frames on the walls of the peasant house.
  它们镶着很讲究的金框子，挂在一家村舍的墙上是多么不伦不类呀。
• Their torches lit the macabre proceedings in a pallid light that danced over their garish rune-covered robes.
  他们穿的长袍上绘着繁复而华丽的符文，折射着火炬那苍白的光线。
• The garish yard, filled with the flowers of poverty, was uglier by far than in winter.
  满院花花绿绿，开着穷恶的花，比冬天要更丑陋着好几倍。