flashy

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flash·y /ˈflæʃi/ adjectiveadj informal

1 EXPENSIVEbig, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval 俗艳的，招摇的〔含贬义〕

large flashy cars

招摇的大轿车

2 someone who is flashy wears expensive clothes, jewellery etc in a way that is intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval 穿着奢华招眼的〔含贬义〕

a flashy dresser

穿着奢华招眼的人

Examples from the Corpus

flashy• Ellwood drove an Audi - fast but not flashy.• He is emotional, outspoken and flashy.• Our presence is not intended to be flashy and we want to minimize our risks while maximizing our opportunities.• The flashy gear turned you, however unwillingly, into a sort of pied piper of Western materialism.• I slid the flashy, long-barreled, wooden-gripped revolver back into the black hip holster.• a flashy new sports car• a flashy young businessman

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