Gimcrack

(n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

卡蜜拉整理

• Let me know if you are in possession of my gimcrack instruments, and if you have made any new experiments. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Any little absurd gewgaw or gimcrack they had they disposed in such a way as to make it attract attention most readily. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Just beneath it stood the photograph of Lily Bart, looking out imperially on the cheap gimcracks, the cramped furniture of the little room. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The great altar of the cathedral and also three or four minor ones are a perfect mass of gilt gimcracks and gingerbread. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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