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- (of furniture or architecture) of or characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century Continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork(家具, 建筑)洛可可式的(18世纪流行于欧洲大陆的后期巴罗克式精巧、繁琐的装饰风格, 以图案和涡卷装饰的不对称性为其特点)。
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- extravagantly or excessively ornate, especially (of music or literature) highly ornamented and florid(尤指音乐、文学)过分华丽精巧的; 绚丽的; 过分雕琢的。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, humorous alteration of ROCAILLE.