資料來源 : pyDict

華麗而庸俗的,俗氣的,娼妓的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
   meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
   e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See {Merit}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
      harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

   2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
      gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
      meretricious dress or ornaments. -- {Mer`e*tri"cious*ly},
      adv. -- {Mer`e*tri"cious*ness}, n.

資料來源 : WordNet®

meretricious
     adj 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" [syn: {brassy},
         {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
         {loud}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
     3: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
        perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
        praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: {gilded}, {specious}]