twee

[US]/twiː/
[UK]/twiː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 矫饰的,过分俗丽的;故作多情的

Example Sentences

a solitary ancient in a tweed jacket.

一个穿花呢上衣的孤寂老人。

a hairy tweed coat and skirt.

毛糙的粗花呢外套和裙子。

a grey herringbone tweed jacket.

灰色人字纹粗花呢夹克。

although the film's a bit twee, it's watchable.

尽管这部电影有些过分感伤,但还可看。

He wore a tweed sports jacket.

他穿了一件粗花呢运动夹克。

She has a rather twee manner that I find irritating.

她娇里娇气, 我觉得很讨厌。

Fantasy yarns mixed to flat ones, never very thick, with different aspect: boucle, jaspe, vrille, hairy, felted, tweed, but never exaggerated.

较特殊的纱线,本主题中并无粗纱,纱线外观有不同的变化:小圈圈、异色合股、螺旋状钮结、多毛、缩绒等,但都不会有太夸张的表现。

Real-world Examples

As twee as they are numerous, they truss reactionary class politics in sentimental plots to flog to suggestible foreigners.

虽然这些古装剧大多矫揉造作,他们向易受欺骗的外国人宣传了英国的阶级政治。

Source: Selected English short passages

I look at them with a distant, analytical eye, noting how small everything looks, how tired, how twee.

我用一种遥远的、分析的眼光看着他们, 注意到一切看起来多么渺小,多么疲倦,多么花哨。

Source: After You (Me Before You #2)

Your columnist, who long deemed gardening a twee waste of time, advances this argument with a convert's zeal.

本专栏作者长期以来一直认为做园艺活是一种矫情的浪费时间的行为,他以一种皈依者的热忱提出了这一论点。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But life is, as twee as it is, as quant as it is a sentiment, life is the great art, isn't it?

但是,生活既是一种感情,也是一种感情,生活是一门伟大的艺术,不是吗?

Source: Actor Dialogue

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