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kitsch

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++kitsch /kɪtʃ/ noun [uncountable]  BADobjects, films etc that are cheap and unfashionable, and which often amuse people because of this 廉价粗俗的东西;庸俗的(文艺)作品kitsch, kitschy adjective
Examples from the Corpus
kitschThe local stone was made into key rings and other tourist kitsch.
Origin kitsch (1900-2000) German kitschen to put together roughly or carelessly
kitsch nounChinese
and Corpus etc which films objects, often are that cheap and unfashionable,


kitsch
kitsch /kɪtʃ/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: German
 Origin: kitschen 'to put together roughly or carelessly'
objects, films etc that are cheap and unfashionable, and which often amuse people because of this
—kitsch, kitschy adjective


kitschBrE /kɪtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /kɪtʃ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) works of art or objects that are popular but that are considered to have no real artistic value and to be lacking in good taste, for example because they are sentimental 庸俗的艺术作品;无真正艺术价值的作品;品位不高的伤感作品 kitsch (also kitschy) adjective