trashy
trashy — 形容詞
- trashypositive
- trashiercomparative
- trashiestsuperlative
1. describes something that is poorly made, looks or feels cheap, and has no real w
低劣的
品質低劣、沒有價值
describes something that is poorly made, looks or feels cheap, and has no real worth — for example, a badly written novel, a flimsy piece of jewelry, or a tastelessly decorated room.
Adaeze grabbed a trashy celebrity magazine for her long train ride to Ibadan.
Adaeze 順手拿了一本低俗的名人雜誌，準備在前往伊巴丹的長途火車上看。
collocation: trashy magazine / trashy celebrity magazine
Mateo bought a trashy bracelet at the market, and it turned his wrist green.
Mateo 在市場買了一條廉價手環，沒多久他的手腕就變綠了。
collocation: trashy (accessory / jewelry)
Yuna said that trashy reality shows help her unwind after a long workday.
Yuna 說看那些沒水準的實境秀，能幫她在漫長的工作日結束後放鬆心情。
collocation: trashy reality shows / trashy TV
The whole room was decorated with trashy plastic flowers and cheap gold-painted picture frames.
整間房間塞滿了低劣的塑膠花和廉價的金色畫框當作裝飾。
collocation: trashy decorations
Walid thought the novel was trashy but stayed up late reading it anyway.
Walid 覺得那本小說寫得很爛，但他還是熬夜看完了。
- trashy novel
- trashy magazine
- trashy reality show
- trashy TV
- trashy movie
- trashy jewelry
- trashy decorations
- trashy clothes
- trashy romance
- cheap
focuses on low price OR poor materials; 'trashy' is stronger on tastelessness, not just cost
- tacky
emphasises bad taste and gaudiness rather than overall low quality; 'tacky' is more about style, 'trashy' about worth
- low-grade
more formal and factual, lacking the dismissive or amused tone of 'trashy'
- high-quality
the direct opposite on the quality spectrum
- classy
opposite on the taste/style dimension; 'trashy' implies bad taste, 'classy' implies elegance
文法句型
trashy + noun (attributive)
be + trashy (predicative)
用法筆記
Often used to describe entertainment media (novels, TV shows, films) that are enjoyed despite (or partly because of) their low quality. Can be self-deprecating — a speaker might call something they like 'trashy' to acknowledge it has no artistic merit.