mer.e.tri.cious
adj.(形容词)
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:浮华的:以庸俗的方式引起注意的:例句:meretricious ornamentation.See Synonyms at gaudy 俗气的装饰参见 gaudy
Plausible but false or insincere; specious:不诚恳的:看似真实但实为虚假和不真诚的;似是而非的:例句:a meretricious argument.似是而非的论点
Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:嫖娼的:妓女或嫖娼的、或与之有关的:例句:meretricious relationships.嫖娼关系
来源:Latin meretrocius [of prostitutes] 拉丁语 meretrocius [妓女的] from meretrox meretroc- [prostitute] 源自 meretrox meretroc- [妓女] from merôre [to earn money] * see (s)mer- 2源自 merôre [挣钱] *参见 (s)mer- 2
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mer.etri.ciously
adv.(副词)mer.etri.ciousness
n.(名词)