tinsel
tinsel 英 ['tɪns(ə)l] 美 ['tɪnsl]
n. 金属箔；俗丽的东西 adj. 华而不实的；闪亮的；金属箔制的；俗丽的 vt. 用金属箔装饰；使显得浮华
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- n. 金属箔；俗丽的东西
- adj. 华而不实的；闪亮的；金属箔制的；俗丽的
- vt. 用金属箔装饰；使显得浮华
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1. Skip the tinsel, or move it to a high spot on your tree where your cats and dogs can't get them, warns. Put fragile ornaments at the tip-top of your tree, too, in case jumpy pets try to get to them.
不要用发光的装饰品，或将其放到你家的小猫小狗够不着的圣诞树的高处，还要把易碎的装饰品放置到圣诞树的上部，以防你家的小宠物会试图跳起来去触碰它们。
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2. And the tinsel and the holly were decorating the drug store.
杂货店又被装饰满了冬青树和闪闪的金片。
- tinsel (n.) mid-15c., "a kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread," from Middle French estincelle "spark, spangle" (see stencil (n.)). "In 14-15th c. Fr., the s of es- had long been mute" [OED]. Meaning "very thin sheets or strips of shiny metal" is recorded from 1590s. Figurative sense of "anything showy with little real worth" is from 1650s, suggested from at least 1590s. First recorded use of Tinseltown for "Hollywood" is from 1972.
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