1620s, "pertaining to harlots," from Latin meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (genitive meretricis) "prostitute," literally "woman who earns money," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain" (see merit (n.)). Meaning "gaudily alluring" is from 1630s. Related: Meretriciously; meretriciousness.
meretricious 英文释义
1. like or relating to a prostitute;
"meretricious relationships"
2. tastelessly showy;
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"
meretricious 双语例句
1. A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。
来自辞典例句
meretricious 实用场景例句
...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品
柯林斯高阶英语词典
A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
