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

• Soon we were assailed By the garish lights of New York.
  不久我们驶入纽约红红绿绿的灯光中。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was wearing garish Bermuda shorts and training shoes.
  他穿着花哨的百慕大短裤和运动鞋。
• 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。
• Go on to explore its home in lush coral reefs and you'll soon hit sensory overload, assaulted by colors and patterns that range from sublime to garish.
  继续走进它所栖息的繁茂的珊瑚礁，你会马上觉得感官超出负荷：由庄重到花俏的各式各样色彩与图案从四面围攻而来。
• This colour is bright but not garish.
  这颜色艳而不俗。
• Why on earth do you travel in such a garish litter?
  你为什么坐这么漂亮的轿子？
• 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）