flashy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flash·y /ˈflæʃi/ adjective informal 1 EXPENSIVEbig, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval 俗艳的，招摇的〔含贬义〕 large flashy cars 招摇的大轿车2 someone who is flashy wears expensive clothes, jewellery etc in a way that is intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval 穿着奢华招眼的〔含贬义〕 a flashy dresser 穿着奢华招眼的人
Examples from the Corpus
flashy• Ellwood drove an Audi - fast but not flashy.• He is emotional, outspoken and flashy.• Our presence is not intended to be flashy and we want to minimize our risks while maximizing our opportunities.• The flashy gear turned you, however unwillingly, into a sort of pied piper of Western materialism.• I slid the flashy, long-barreled, wooden-gripped revolver back into the black hip holster.• a flashy new sports car• a flashy young businessmanflash·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
intended be expensive, bright, big, to or and Corpus impressive
flashy
flash‧y /ˈflæʃi/
adjective informal
1. big, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval:
large flashy cars
2. someone who is flashy wears expensive clothes, jewellery etc in a way that is intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval:
a flashy dresser
flash‧y /ˈflæʃi/
adjective informal1. big, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval:
2. someone who is flashy wears expensive clothes, jewellery etc in a way that is intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval:
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