| 英语单词 | kitsch |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [kɪtʃ] 美 [kɪtʃ] |
| 中文释义 | n.俗气;庸俗艺术 adj.庸俗的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) That new lamp they've bought is pure kitsch. (2) His home is full of 1950's kitsch. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他们新买的那盏灯真俗气。 (2) 他家充满了五十年代的庸俗艺术。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Kitsch is art that's garish, nostalgic, and very low-brow. Some people who love the aesthetics of souvenir culture think kitsch is really cool, while others think it's in very poor taste. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Kitsch is a German word that's been adopted into English, meaning "worthless, trashy art," or the quality of that art. A ceramic figurine of a puppy with sad eyes is pretty kitsch, as is a velvet Elvis painting. Of course some people think that kitsch is really beautiful and fill their homes with stuff that other people consider trashy souvenirs. If your painting teacher tells you your portraits are kitsch, that's probably not a compliment. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]庸俗的艺术作品;迎合低级趣味的拙劣作品 You can refer to a work of art or an object as kitsch if it is showy and thought by some people to be in bad taste.
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