gaud
gaud
[gɔːd]
noun
[gɔːd]
noun
- (archaic)a showy and purely ornamental thing
(古)（艳丽的纯粹装饰性的）饰品
displays of overpriced gauds.
高档饰品的展览。
- Middle English (denoting a trick or pretence): perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French gaudir 'rejoice', from Latin gaudere. Current senses may have been influenced by obsolete gaud 'a large ornamental bead in a rosary'
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