gaud
/gɔːd/noun
- archaic a showy and purely ornamental thing〈古〉(艳丽的纯装饰性的)饰品:
displays of overpriced gauds.
高档饰品的展览。
词源
Middle English (denoting a trick or pretence): perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French gaudir rejoice', from Latin gaudere. Current senses may have been influenced by obsolete gaud 'a large ornamental bead in a rosary'.