gimcrack

['dʒimkræk]

adj.无价值的, 华而不实的
n.华而不实的东西

词形变化：

名词: gimcrackery |

a.

1. 廉价的

2. 华而不实的

n.

1. 便宜货; 小玩意儿

2. 华而不实之物

gimcrack

词形变化：

名词: gimcrackery |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

novelty

conceit

nothing

barbaric

gimcrack['dʒimkræk]n.1.■华而不实的东西；小件饰物；小摆设；小玩意儿adj.1.■华而不实的，粗制滥造的，无用的

1. flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive
   外表漂亮但质量差的，华而不实的
   plastic gimcrack cookware.
   花哨的塑料厨具。
   

1. a cheap and showy ornament; a knick-knack
   廉价花哨装饰品；小装饰品，小摆设
   

1. Middle English gibecrake, of unknown origin. originally a noun, the term denoted some kind of inlaid work in wood, later a fanciful notion or mechanical contrivance, hence a knick-knack
   

gimcrack

名词 gimcrack:

ornamental objects of no great value

同义词：folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery

形容词 gimcrack:

tastelessly showy

同义词：brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

gimcrack

■gimcrack products

劣质产品

■gimcrack ornaments

劣质的饰物.

■The gimcrack, slipshod, ecologically disastrous building developments in Northern Cyprus may last just 10 years, all things being well.

在塞浦路斯北部，那些华而不实的、草率的、造成生态灾难的建筑开发也许只会持续10年，而现在一切都很好。

■"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

波自认《莉盖娅》是他怪诞小说中的上品，现在大部分读者认为不过是病态自怜，魔鬼附身，浮华怪诞的大杂烩而已。

■And all of a sudden, that gimcrack knocks my window and decidedly came to pick me up without even telling me.

那个死蠢忽然间敲我墙口并打算在没通知我的情况下接我去跟他吃饭。