gewgaw
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɡjuː.ɡɔː/ us/ˈɡuː.ɡɑː/ (US also geegaw)
(通常无价值的)小摆设,小玩具
a small decorative object or toy, usually one with no real value
There were a few tawdry shops selling plastic gewgaws. 有几家俗气的商店出售塑料小玩意儿。
Do we really need any more silly electronic gewgaws? 我们真的需要更多愚蠢的电子玩具吗?
They have all the best in top-quality cookware and every random geegaw you can imagine. 他们拥有所有最好的顶级厨具和每一个你能想象到的随机小玩意儿。
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- Two stores lured tourists with gewgaws: plastic figures, humorous fishing plaques, birch bark canoes and tepees.
- Their flight is delayed for seven hours. They have spent all their money on gewgaws and revolting airport food.
- There is a dazzling display of gewgaws and trinkets that the Empress bought, was given or inherited during her reign.
- By now you are doubtless sorting through last Christmas's unused and unwanted gewgaws for possible recycling.