garish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/|/ˈɡɛːɹɪʃ/    美 /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/|/ˈɡeːɹɪʃ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
    — The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.

词形变化

more garish comparative most garish superlative

词源

Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.
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