tinsel 音标拼音: [t'ɪnsəl]
n . 闪亮的金属片,金属丝,金属箔,俗丽的东西
a . 闪亮的,俗丽的
闪亮的金属片,金属丝,金属箔,俗丽的东西闪亮的,俗丽的
tinsel n 1 :
a showy decoration that is basically valueless ; "
all the tinsel of self -
promotion "
2 :
a thread with glittering metal foil attached v 1 :
impart a cheap brightness to ; "
his tinseled image of Hollywood "
2 :
adorn with tinsel ; "
snow flakes tinseled the trees "
3 :
interweave with tinsel ; "
tinseled velvet "
Tinsel \
Tin "
sel \,
n . [
F . ['
e ]
tincelle a spark ,
OF .
estincelle ,
L .
scintilla .
Cf . {
Scintillate }, {
Stencil }.]
1 .
A shining material used for ornamental purposes ;
especially ,
a very thin ,
gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it ;
also ,
very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver ,
brass foil ,
or the like .
[
1913 Webster ]
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold ? --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Something shining and gaudy ;
something superficially shining and showy ,
or having a false luster ,
and more gay than valuable .
[
1913 Webster ]
O happy peasant !
O unhappy bard !
His the mere tinsel ,
hers the rich reward . --
Cowper .
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1913 Webster ]
Tinsel \
Tin "
sel \,
a .
Showy to excess ;
gaudy ;
specious ;
superficial . "
Tinsel trappings ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
Tinsel \
Tin "
sel \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tinseled }
or {
Tinselled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Tinseling }
or {
Tinselling }.]
To adorn with tinsel ;
to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments ;
to make gaudy .
[
1913 Webster ]
She ,
tinseled o '
er in robes of varying hues . --
Pope .
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1913 Webster ]
152 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tinsel ":
affected ,
apocryphal ,
apparent ,
artificial ,
assumed ,
bastard ,
bead ,
bejewel ,
beribbon ,
bespangle ,
blatant ,
blink ,
blinking ,
bogus ,
bravery ,
brazen ,
brummagem ,
cheat ,
chiffon ,
chintzy ,
clinquant ,
colorable ,
colored ,
coruscate ,
coruscation ,
counterfeit ,
counterfeited ,
diamond ,
distorted ,
dressed up ,
dummy ,
embellished ,
embroidered ,
engrave ,
ersatz ,
factitious ,
fake ,
faked ,
fakement ,
falsified ,
feather ,
feigned ,
festoons ,
fictitious ,
fictive ,
figure ,
filigree ,
finery ,
firefly ,
flag ,
flashy ,
flounce ,
flower ,
folderol ,
foofaraw ,
forgery ,
frame -
up ,
fraud ,
frilliness ,
frilling ,
frills ,
frills and furbelows ,
frippery ,
froufrou ,
fuss ,
gaiety ,
garbled ,
garish ,
garland ,
gaudery ,
gem ,
gilded ,
gilding ,
gilt ,
gingerbread ,
glaring ,
glimmer ,
glimmering ,
glisk ,
glisten ,
glister ,
glitter ,
glittering ,
glowworm ,
hoax ,
illegitimate ,
illuminate ,
imitation ,
impostor ,
jewel ,
junk ,
junky ,
loud ,
make -
believe ,
man -
made ,
meretricious ,
mock ,
ostensible ,
paint ,
paste ,
perverted ,
phony ,
pinchbeck ,
plausible ,
plume ,
pretended ,
pseudo ,
put -
on ,
put -
up job ,
quasi ,
queer ,
ribbon ,
rip -
off ,
scintilla ,
scintillate ,
scintillation ,
seeming ,
self -
styled ,
sham ,
shimmer ,
shimmering ,
shoddy ,
simulacrum ,
simulated ,
so -
called ,
soi -
disant ,
spangle ,
spark ,
sparkle ,
specious ,
spurious ,
stroboscopic light ,
superfluity ,
supposititious ,
swindle ,
synthetic ,
tawdry ,
tin ,
titivated ,
trappings ,
trickery ,
trumpery ,
twinkle ,
twinkling ,
twisted ,
unauthentic ,
ungenuine ,
unnatural ,
unreal ,
warped ,
whited sepulcher ,
wreathe
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