meretricious
英 [,merɪ'trɪʃəs]
美['mɛrə'trɪʃəs]
- adj. 俗气的；娼妓的；华丽而庸俗的
英英释意
- 1. like or relating to a prostitute;
- "meretricious relationships"
- 2. tastelessly showy;
- "a flash car"
- "a flashy ring"
- "garish colors"
- "a gaudy costume"
- "loud sport shirts"
- "a meretricious yet stylish book"
- "tawdry ornaments"
- 3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
- "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
- "meretricious praise"
- "a meretricious argument"