Gaudy

释义 Definition

adjective 形容词俗艳的；花哨的；过分鲜艳而缺乏品味的。形容颜色、装饰或风格过于夸张、艳丽，给人以廉价或低俗之感。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˈɡɔː.di/

例句 Examples

She wore a gaudy dress covered in sequins and bright colors.
她穿了一件缀满亮片、颜色艳丽的俗气裙子。

The hotel lobby was decorated in a gaudy style, with gold-painted columns and enormous crystal chandeliers that felt more overwhelming than elegant.
酒店大堂装饰得十分花哨，镀金的柱子和巨大的水晶吊灯让人感到浮夸而非优雅。

词源 Etymology

gaudy 源自中古英语 gaudy，可能与古法语 gaudir（意为"欢乐、享乐"）有关，而后者又来自拉丁语 gaudēre（意为"感到高兴、欢喜"）。最初这个词并无贬义，只是形容鲜艳、令人愉悦的事物。随着时间推移，语义逐渐转向负面，开始暗示过度的华丽和缺乏品味。

文学作品 Literary References

F. Scott Fitzgerald 在《了不起的盖茨比》(The Great Gatsby) 中多次使用 gaudy 来描述盖茨比奢华却空洞的派对和生活方式，暗示繁华表象下的虚无。
William Shakespeare 在《威尼斯商人》(The Merchant of Venice) 中写道 "All that glisters is not gold; / Often have you heard that told"，虽未直接使用 gaudy，但全剧多处涉及对华而不实之物的批判，与 gaudy 的意涵相呼应。Shakespeare 在其他作品如《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中也使用过此词："The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, / Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, / And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels / From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels: / Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye, / The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry, / I must up-fill this osier cage of ours / With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers. / The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb; / What is her burying grave that is her womb, / And from her womb children of divers kind / We sucking on her natural bosom find…" 其中相关段落用 gaudy 形容白昼的绚烂。
Charles Dickens 在其小说中也常用 gaudy 来描写维多利亚时代暴发户的品味和粗俗装饰。