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    Garish means coloured so that it is unpleasant to look at — loud, cheap, a bit of a shock to the eye. A shop painted neon pink and lime, a jacket with too many clashing colours, makeup that looks painted on under harsh light: those can be garish.

    Garish means garish的意思是 coloured so brightly that it is unpleasant to look at顏色亮到讓人看了不舒服—— loud, cheap, a bit of a shock to the eye很搶眼、很俗氣,對眼睛有點衝擊 A shop painted neon pink and lime一間漆成霓虹粉紅和萊姆綠的店、 a jacket with too many clashing colours一件顏色衝突太多的外套、 makeup that looks painted on under harsh light在刺眼燈光下看起來像畫上去的妝: those can be garish這些都可以說是garish

    Bright is not always a problem; sunshine yellow can be cheerful. Garish is the moment brightness tips into “too much,” and the speaker usually sounds a little superior for saying so.

    Bright is not always a problem鮮豔不見得就是問題; sunshine yellow can be cheerful陽光般的黃色可以很開朗 Garish is the moment brightness tips into "too much,"garish是鮮豔跨過「太過頭」那條線的時刻, and the speaker usually sounds a little superior for saying so而說這句話的人,聽起來通常會有點高高在上

    You hear it about clothes, signs, hotel lobbies, and film sets. It is not a kind word, but it is a useful complaint. Formal writing uses it; so does everyday grumbling.

    You hear it about clothes, signs, hotel lobbies, and film sets你會聽到用它來講衣服、招牌、飯店大廳,還有電影布景 It is not a kind word這不是一個友善的字, but it is a useful complaint但是個有用的抱怨用語 Formal writing uses it正式的寫作會用它; so does everyday grumbling日常的抱怨也會用它

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組成Origin unknown. It may come from an old word gawren, “to stare,” perhaps from Old Norse, but nobody is sure — so treat that as a guess, not a fact.

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原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

garishadj/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/

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    Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

    • The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.
    • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。