frippery

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++frip·pe·ry /ˈfrɪpəri/ noun (plural fripperies) [countable usually plural]  NEEDan unnecessary and useless object or decoration 多余无用的东西；花哨的装饰品

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frippery• Still think of perfume as a frivolous frippery?• Hotel managers refused to install cable TV and other fripperies that would distract clients from gambling.Origin frippery (1500-1600) French friperie “old clothes or pieces of cloth”, from Medieval Latin faluppa “piece of dried grass”

frip·pe·ry nounChineseSyllable  

or an unnecessary useless object and decoration Corpus

frippery
frip‧pe‧ry /ˈfrɪpəri/ noun (plural fripperies) [countable usually plural]an unnecessary and useless object or decoration

frip·peryBrE /ˈfrɪpəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfrɪpəri/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] (

plural

frip·peries) (disapproving, especially BrE) objects, decorations and other items that are considered unnecessary and expensive 不必要的昂贵饰品（或物件）