单词 | schlock |
释义 | schlockWord family adjectiveschlockschlocky schlock /ʃlɒk $ ʃlɑːk/ noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE informal things that are cheap and of poor quality 便宜货,蹩脚货 The gift store sells both tasteful gifts and cheap schlock. 这家礼品店既出售高档礼品,又经销劣质便宜货。 Examples from the Corpus schlock• Hammersmith Road and its schlock architecture is proof that conservationists are not as powerful as the architectural profession likes to believe.• Nothing so tempts us to believe outright lies and unfounded stories posing as science than the sensationalistic schlock therein.• And when the product is animal research hysteria over a new human affliction can sometimes sell even the worst schlock. (1900-2000) Yiddish shlak, from Middle High German slag “hit” |
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