Word · Frequency #37004
fripperies
/ˈfripəri/
noun
俗艳廉价的服饰；无价值的东西
fripperies is the plural of frippery.
核心释义
something of little value or significance
- 1.
炫耀,奢华的服装
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- 2.
无用的东西；琐事
Useless things; trifles.
- 3.
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.
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
用法In use
The souvenir shop sold nothing but frippery: plastic crowns, feather boas, and shiny key chains.
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.
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.
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。
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。
consider sth (as) frippery
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- fripperies
- plural
学习提示Learner notes
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.