pretty-pretty

英 [p'rɪtiːpr'ɪtɪ] 美 [p'rɪtiːpr'ɪtɪ]

• n. 小装饰品；小玩艺；无用的饰物

英英释义

Adjective:

1. ostentatiously or inappropriately pretty

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. And Jennie, a woman, took a keen pleasure in the handsome gowns and pretty fripperies that he lavished upon her.
   珍妮到底是个女流，对他滥施给她的那些美丽的衣裳，漂亮的饰物，都感觉到一种深切的快乐。

经典引文

• He sometimes did pretty-pretty representations of flowers or animals, of which he felt..mildly ashamed.

  出自： I. Murdoch

词汇搭配

• a pretty penny 一笔相当大的款子,可...
• sitting pretty 处于极为有利的地位(...
• a pretty go 难办的事
• pretty state of affairs 麻烦的处境,困境...
• lead someone a pretty dance 使疲于奔命
• pretty well 几乎
• sit pretty 处于极有利的位置...
• pretty much 几乎
• a pretty how-d'ye-do 糟糕的事情
• pretty nearly 几乎
• a pretty hash 乱七八糟
• A pretty kettle of fish! 真是糟糕透顶！真是一...
• bring to a pretty pass 使陷入困境
• come to a pretty pass 变得很糟,陷入困境...
• A pretty business! 麻烦事！真糟！...
• a pretty kettle of fish 混乱
• pretty penny 大数目之金钱...
• pretty breeze 惠风
• pretty print 优质打印
• drive one's pigs to a pretty market 卖得吃亏

近反义词

【近义词】

• twee <英>矫揉造作的...
• bijou 小巧玲珑的
• dainty 小巧精致的
• cutesy 矫揉造作的
• sweet 甜的
• chocolate-box 标致的