Gimcrack
['dʒɪmkræk] or ['dʒɪm'kræk]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
卡蜜拉整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Trifle, toy, knicknack, JIGGUMBOB, knack, trivial piece of mechanism.
克劳德特錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a toy: a gewgaw: a trivial mechanism—also Jim′crack.—n. Gim′crackery.
整理:罗莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Let me know if you are in possession of my gimcrack instruments, and if you have made any new experiments. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Any little absurd gewgaw or gimcrack they had they disposed in such a way as to make it attract attention most readily. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Just beneath it stood the photograph of Lily Bart, looking out imperially on the cheap gimcracks, the cramped furniture of the little room. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The great altar of the cathedral and also three or four minor ones are a perfect mass of gilt gimcracks and gingerbread. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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