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

• Not that you're garish and obnoxious.
  不是说你俗气而且惹人厌。
• I didn't sign up to do something garish.
  我不是签约来做酷炫花稍的东西。
• 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。
• 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）
• But the problems go beyond the obvious badly-fitting or garish outfit.
  但问题不仅仅停留在着装明显不合身或过于前卫上。
• 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”。
• He was wearing garish Bermuda shorts and training shoes.
  他穿着花哨的百慕大短裤和运动鞋。
• They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.
  他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。
• Hide me from Day's garish eye ( John Milton)
  把我藏起来，离开白天耀眼的太阳（约翰米尔顿）
• Only now the sit-ups were an agonizing part of physical therapy, and the garish lights of the arena were turned off.
  不同的是，仰卧起坐现在只是理疗中令人疼痛难忍的一部分，而当初竞技场上炫目的灯光早已消失不见。