glitz
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++glitz /ɡlɪts/ noun [uncountable] BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGFAMOUSthe exciting attractive quality which is connected with rich, famous, and fashionable people 〔与富人、名人和时尚人士有关的〕魅力,富丽堂皇,奢华 SYN glamour show business glitz 娱乐圈的浮华
Examples from the Corpus
glitz• You know, it's either glitz or pretension.• The event was also graced with a little Hollywood glitz when actress Bo Derek unexpectedly dropped by.• No diamonds, no chandeliers, no party frocks and silk stockings, no glitz, no strains of smooching Sinatra.• The two girls were at work on Teen Voices, a quarterly publication intended to provide an alternative to the standard glitz.• Los Angeles in 1984 gave us the glitz of Hollywood.Origin glitz (1900-2000) Yiddish “flashes of light”glitz nounChinese
is famous, exciting Corpus attractive the quality which connected rich, with
glitz
glitz /ɡlɪts/
noun [uncountable]
SYN glamour:
show business glitz
glitz /ɡlɪts/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1900-2000
Language: Yiddish
Origin: __flashes of light__
the exciting attractive quality which is connected with rich, famous, and fashionable people Language: Yiddish
Origin: __flashes of light__
SYN glamour:
sometimes