garishness n. 华而不实;俗气;艳丽
- She looks smoking hot without the garishness of overdone makeup.
她看上去性感过头,而不用过多的化妆。 - Huang, Hai-ming. “The Hole of Oozing Garishness, Desire and Memory: Analyzing Wu Tien-chang’s Space Structure in his 97 Exhibition.” Mountain Art 90 (1997): 103-06.
黄海鸣,〈渗出艳丽、欲望及记忆的洞口─试分析吴天章97个展中的时空结构〉,《山艺术》,第90期(1997),页103-06。
garishness[ noun ]- tasteless showiness
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- strident color or excessive ornamentation
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Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare;
of uncertain origin. Cf. {gairish}.]
1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting
attention. ``The garish sun.'' ``A garish flag.'' --Shak.
``In . . . garish colors.'' --Asham. ``The garish day.''
--J. H. Newman.
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
It makes the mind loose and garish. --South.
-- {Gar"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ish*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.
garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n.
1. tasteless showiness.
Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz.
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2. strident color or excessive ornamentation.
Syn: gaudiness.
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