Tinsel

(noun.) a thread with glittering metal foil attached.

(noun.) a showy decoration that is basically valueless; 'all the tinsel of self-promotion'.

(verb.) interweave with tinsel; 'tinseled velvet'.

(verb.) adorn with tinsel; 'snow flakes tinseled the trees'.

(verb.) impart a cheap brightness to; 'his tinseled image of Hollywood'.

录入:莉娜

• In some manner two wires had got crossed with this tinsel, which became red-hot, and the whole mass was soon afire. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Another little book or two were lying near, and a common basket of common fruit, and another basket full of strings of beads and tinsel scraps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But I can never have any confidence in the tinsel kings of the theatre after this. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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