be frippery
表示某物只是无价值的装饰或琐碎之物。
The dress was nothing but frippery.
那件连衣裙只不过是俗艳的服装。
俗艳廉价的服饰;无价值的东西
fripperies — plural of frippery
炫耀,奢华的服装;无用的东西;琐事;二手华丽服饰;廉价俗丽的装饰;矫揉造作的优雅;便宜而俗艳的服装;无用的东西
something of little value or significance
炫耀,奢华的服装
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
无用的东西;琐事
Useless things; trifles.
二手华丽服饰;廉价俗丽的装饰;矫揉造作的优雅
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
The souvenir shop sold nothing but frippery: plastic crowns, feather boas, and shiny key chains.
那家纪念品商店只卖俗艳无用的小玩意儿:塑料王冠、羽毛围巾和闪亮的钥匙链。
用法提示:frippery 为不可数名词,指俗艳而无实用价值的商品。
Stop buying fripperies you will never use and save your money for something useful.
别再买那些你永远用不上的花哨小物件了,把钱省下来买有用的东西。
用法提示:fripperies 是 frippery 的复数名词,指无价值的花哨物件。
Everyone laughed at the hat, but she wore it proudly, refusing to call it frippery.
大家都嘲笑那顶帽子,但她骄傲地戴着它,拒绝称它为俗艳无用之物。
用法提示:frippery 为不可数名词,在此表示俗艳无用之物,带有轻视语气。
表示某物只是无价值的装饰或琐碎之物。
The dress was nothing but frippery.
那件连衣裙只不过是俗艳的服装。
Many consider fine jewelry as frippery.
许多人认为精致的珠宝是俗艳的装饰。
fripperies 是 frippery 的复数形式,指多种无用或琐碎的东西。
All these fripperies distract from the real purpose.
所有这些琐碎的东西都偏离了真正目的。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wore a frippery dress.
正确表达She wore a dress trimmed with frippery.
误将“frippery”当作形容词使用,但它是一个名词。应使用“frippery”作为名词,例如“trimmed with frippery”表示“缀有廉价俗艳饰物”。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a frippery at the market.
正确表达I bought some frippery at the market.
“frippery”通常是不可数名词,表示“廉价俗艳的东西”这一类概念。指单件物品时,应使用“some frippery”或“a piece of frippery”,而不是直接加冠词“a”。
frippery指俗艳而无价值的物品或装饰,frivolity则指轻浮的行为或态度,侧重行为而非物品。
frippery多指俗艳而无实用价值的服装,bauble更常指廉价的小装饰品或首饰,强调装饰性和廉价。
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