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schlock

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++schlock /ʃlɒk $ ʃlɑːk/ noun [uncountable] American English informal  things that are cheap and of poor quality 便宜货,蹩脚货 The gift store sells both tasteful gifts and cheap schlock. 这家礼品店既出售高档礼品,又经销劣质便宜货。
Examples from the Corpus
schlockHammersmith Road and its schlock architecture is proof that conservationists are not as powerful as the architectural profession likes to believe.Nothing so tempts us to believe outright lies and unfounded stories posing as science than the sensationalistic schlock therein.And when the product is animal research hysteria over a new human affliction can sometimes sell even the worst schlock.
Origin schlock (1900-2000) Yiddish shlak, from Middle High German slag hit
schlock nounChinese
that and poor are quality things Corpus cheap of


schlock
schlock /ʃlɒk $ ʃlɑːk/ noun [uncountable] American English informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Yiddish
 Origin: shlak, from Middle High German slag __hit__
things that are cheap and of poor quality:
    The gift store sells both tasteful gifts and cheap schlock.


schlockBrE /ʃlɒk/ 🔊NAmE /ʃlɑːk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (NAmE, informal) things that are cheap and of poor quality 低档货;劣质便宜货 schlocky adjectivea low-budget schlocky film低成本劣质影片