tinsel

英 [ˈtɪnsl]

美 [ˈtɪnsl]

n.  (尤指圣诞节时装饰用的)光片，金属箔，金属丝
vt.  用金箔装饰

现在分词：tinselling　复数：tinsels　过去式：tinselled　第三人称单数：tinsels　过去分词：tinselled　

BNC.24382 / COCA.25012

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指圣诞节时装饰用的）光片，金属箔，金属丝
  strips of shiny material like metal, used as decorations, especially at Christmas

柯林斯词典

• (圣诞节装饰用的)光片，闪光线
  Tinselconsists of small strips of shiny paper attached to long pieces of thread. People use tinsel as a decoration at Christmas.

英英释义

noun

• a thread with glittering metal foil attached
• a showy decoration that is basically valueless
  1. all the tinsel of self-promotion

verb

• interweave with tinsel
  1. tinseled velvet
• adorn with tinsel
  1. snow flakes tinseled the trees
• impart a cheap brightness to
  1. his tinseled image of Hollywood

双语例句

• And retailers, nervous about the state of the economy, aren't waiting for Thanksgiving weekend to put up tinsel and Christmas trees.
  零售商十分担心经济状况，他们迫不及待地在感恩节周之前就将金属丝和圣诞树展示了出来。
• Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers but there must be no mention of the Man whose birthday is being celebrated.
  在教室里，可以用圣诞树、锡箔装饰和驯鹿来庆祝圣诞节，却绝对不能提及那个出生日被纪念的人。
• There are corridors lined with nothing but tinsel, streets throbbing with competing LED light shows, stockings of every size, plastic Christmas trees in blue and yellow and fluorescent pink, plastic pine cones in gold and silver.
  有些走廊专门展示金属箔，除此之外什么都没有，还有些走廊里就像有比赛一样的LED灯光展，还有各种尺码的袜子、蓝的黄的荧光粉的塑料圣诞树、金色银色的塑料松果。
• You will see the flashing strobes, colorful tinsel and swirling images projected onto the concrete walls.
  你可以看到不断变换闪烁的灯光，多彩的装饰和打旋的图像投影在墙体上。
• Her dress was fully covered with tinsel, which glittered to all directions.
  她的礼服上缀满了亮片，真是光芒四射啊。
• Improvement of the Lifter for the Tinsel Embroidery Device in the Computer Embroidery Machine
  电脑绣花机金片绣装置中升降机构的改进
• Ireland-Throughout December trees are purchased and decorated with brightly colored lights, tinsel and baubles.
  爱尔兰&整个十二月都有树买，且用闪光的彩灯、金纸和小饰物点缀其上。
• There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and coloured balls.
  那儿有一个圣诞树上挂着几百支蜡烛，闪烁着金属丝和黑色球。
• Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel;
  款步出屋为的是赏月，看到月明如镜，几曾想的到旅人在路途中伴月而行的快乐。
• I walked in and there was a mountain bike sitting there for me with a little bit of tinsel on the handlebars!
  我走了进去，看到一辆山地车，一些圣诞装饰品缠绕在车把上！