chintzy 英 [ˈtʃɪntsi]   美 [ˈtʃɪntsi]

chintzy

chintzy  英 [ˈtʃɪntsi] 美 [ˈtʃɪntsi]

adj. 低廉的,廉价的;以印花棉布做成的 

Sure, they’re chintzy plastic. 当然,是用低廉的塑料制成的。
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's what we already know we can expect in 2009: chintzy raises, more layoffs, a weak economy -- and a new president with a stimulus package in his back pocket. 路透华盛顿12月24日电(Linda Stern)---下面是我们已经知道2009年将发生的事:加薪减少,裁员增加,经济疲软,以及一位带着经济刺激方案上台的新总统。

  • Something that's chintzy is tacky or cheap. A badly made pair of pants is chintzy, and a terribly acted, melodramatic movie is too.
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  • adj. 低廉的,廉价的;以印花棉布做成的
  • 1. Sure, they’re chintzy plastic.

    当然,是用低廉的塑料制成的。

  • 2. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's what we already know we can expect in 2009: chintzy raises, more layoffs, a weak economy -- and a new president with a stimulus package in his back pocket.

    路透华盛顿12月24日电(Linda Stern)---下面是我们已经知道2009年将发生的事:加薪减少,裁员增加,经济疲软,以及一位带着经济刺激方案上台的新总统。

  • 3. Luce rues that a middle-class home is crowded—only 700 square feet—and “cluttered with chintzy memorabilia” and heartbreakingly defiant messages on refrigerator magnets.

    卢斯感到悲伤,一个中产阶级家庭挤在700平方英尺(约65平方米)的空间,里面“凌乱地堆满廉价的纪念品”,冰箱磁铁上是令人心碎的挑战信息。

  • chintzy (adj.) 1851, from chintz + -y (2). "decorated or covered with chintz," especially in a derogatory extended sense "suburban, unfashionable, petit-bourgeois, cheap; mean, stingy" [OED].
chintzy / ˈtʃɪntsi ; NAmE ˈtʃɪntsi / adjective 1 ( BrE) covered in or decorated with chintz 用磨擦轧光印花棉布覆盖(或装饰)的 2 ( NAmE) ( informal) cheap and not attractive 便宜而俗气的;廉价的 3 ( NAmE) ( humorous) not willing to spend money 吝啬的;小气的 SYN cheap , stingy chintzy chintzier chintziest chintzy / ˈtʃɪntsi ; NAmE ˈtʃɪntsi /
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