Clothes, colours, or decorations that are gaudy are too bright and showy, and they look cheap. It is a word of dislike: a gaudy shirt, gaudy jewellery, a gaudy hotel lobby.

Clothes, colours, or decorations that are gaudy衣服、顏色，或裝飾如果 gaudy are too bright and showy就是太過鮮豔、太招搖, and they look cheap而且看起來很廉價。It is a word of dislike這是個帶貶意的字: a gaudy shirt像 gaudy shirt（俗豔的襯衫）, gaudy jewellery gaudy jewellery（俗氣的珠寶）, a gaudy hotel lobby a gaudy hotel lobby（花俏的飯店大廳）。

The problem is not colour itself — a red coat can be lovely — but colour and shine piled on until the thing feels loud and tasteless. People use it of cheap gold, sequins, neon, and tourist souvenirs.

The problem is not colour itself問題不在顏色本身 — a red coat can be lovely紅色外套可以很好看 — but colour and shine piled on until the thing feels loud and tasteless問題在顏色和光澤堆疊到讓東西顯得又吵又俗。People use it of cheap gold, sequins, neon, and tourist souvenirs大家會用它形容廉價的金飾、亮片、霓虹燈，還有觀光紀念品。

Though actually, the same spelling has another, much smaller life in old British university talk: a gaudy can be a college feast or reunion dinner. That sense is special and formal; the meaning learners meet is almost always the cheap-bright one.

Though actually不過, the same spelling has another, much smaller life in old British university talk同樣的拼法在英國舊時大學用語裡還有另一個小眾用法: a gaudy can be a college feast or reunion dinner a gaudy 可以指學院的宴會或校友聚餐。That sense is special and formal那個用法特殊又正式; the meaning learners meet is almost always the cheap-bright one學習者遇到的幾乎都是「俗豔」這個意思。

A common story says the word comes from Antoni Gaudí, the Barcelona architect; that is not true. The English word is far older than he was. Scholars give two older paths: from a French word linked to Latin gaudia, “joy,” and the idea of cheap ornaments; or from an old word for a yellow dye-plant, so “yellowish” then “showy.” Either way, it is not from the architect.

A common story says the word comes from Antoni Gaudí, the Barcelona architect有個常見的說法說這個字來自巴塞隆納建築師 Antoni Gaudí; that is not true但這不是真的。The English word is far older than he was英文這個字比他早存在得多。Scholars give two older paths學者提出兩條更早的來源: from a French word linked to Latin gaudia, "joy," and the idea of cheap ornaments一是來自和拉丁文 gaudia（「喜悅」）有關的法文字，帶著廉價裝飾品的意思; or from an old word for a yellow dye-plant, so "yellowish" then "showy."二是來自一種黃色染料植物的舊字，先是「泛黃」後來變成「花俏」。Either way, it is not from the architect不管哪一種，都跟那位建築師無關。