frou-frou

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈfɹuːfɹuː/    /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. onomatopoeic
    — The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks.
动词 v.
  1. To move with the sound of rustling dresses. intransitive,uncommon
    — “Oh, you funny girl! You look so surprised. Confess, now, there's nothing you can hide from me,” and ruffling my hair as she passed she frou-froued out of the room.
形容词 adj.
  1. Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.
  2. Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.
    — They ate in a frou-frou restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.
  3. Unimportant, silly, useless. derogatory
    — Bob was off faffing about doing frou-frou nonsense whilst Edwina kept her nose to the grindstone.

词形变化

frou-frous plural froufrou alternative froo-froo alternative fru-fru alternative froofroo alternative frufru alternative more frou-frou comparative most frou-frou superlative froufrou alternative froo-froo alternative fru-fru alternative froofroo alternative frufru alternative frou-frous present,singular,third-person frou-frouing participle,present frou-froued participle,past frou-froued past froufrou alternative froo-froo alternative fru-fru alternative froofroo alternative frufru alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.
词源 2
Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.
词源 3
Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.
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