taw·dry

adjective

/ˈtɔːdri/

(disapproving)

intended to be bright and attractive but cheap and of low quality俗丽而不值钱的；俗气的；花里胡哨的
- tawdry jewellery俗丽便宜的首饰
involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive粗俗的；下流的；卑鄙的；卑污的
- a tawdry affair卑鄙下流的勾当

Word Originearly 17th cent.: short for tawdry lace, a fine silk lace or ribbon worn as a necklace in the 16th–17th cents, contraction of St Audrey's lace: Audrey was a later form of Etheldrida (died 679), patron saint of Ely where tawdry laces, along with cheap imitations and other cheap finery, were traditionally sold at a fair.

单词	tawdry
释义	taw·dry adjective /ˈtɔːdri/ /ˈtɔːdri/ (disapproving) intended to be bright and attractive but cheap and of low quality俗丽而不值钱的；俗气的；花里胡哨的 tawdry jewellery俗丽便宜的首饰 involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive粗俗的；下流的；卑鄙的；卑污的 a tawdry affair卑鄙下流的勾当 Word Originearly 17th cent.: short for tawdry lace, a fine silk lace or ribbon worn as a necklace in the 16th–17th cents, contraction of St Audrey's lace: Audrey was a later form of Etheldrida (died 679), patron saint of Ely where tawdry laces, along with cheap imitations and other cheap finery, were traditionally sold at a fair.
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