gimcrackery
/jim-krak-uh-ree/US // ˈdʒɪmˌkræk ə ri //
裂纹,裂缝,裂痕,裂变
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- : obvious or contrived effects, especially in art, music, literature, etc.
Examples
A man who can kiss a woman's hands like that is at liberty to clear the whole house of gimcrackery.
Matilda did very well and only for a moment let the scene slip out of the atmosphere of gimcrackery into the air of life.
At best soldiers are evils of the earth, and the pomp and pageantry of war mere gimcrackery.
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