| 单词 | clinquant |
| 例句 | Descartes has almost entirely discarded this quaintness, which sometimes passed into what is called in French clinquant, that is to say, tawdry and grotesque ornament. A Short History of French Literature Come here, Stephanie, and see a miracle of manhood, that could resist all the clinquant of a hussar for the simple costume of the � cole Militaire. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I The General and the generals went in and crowded the hall of audience, very clinquant with its black and white floor, glass chandeliers, long mirrors and single gilded center table. The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 Anecdotes of Painting," says, "Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes, and embroidery, through meadows and purling streams. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 She that a clinquant outside doth adore, Dotes on a gilded statue and no more. The Lucasta Poems My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears. Trivia I liked Jack, but not clinquant in crimson and gold, with spurs and sword clanking on the hard, frost-bitten road. The Yeoman Adventurer |
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