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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. [ 1913 Webster]
Tinsel \ Tin" sel\, a. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. " Tinsel trappings." -- Milton. [ 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. [ 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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