| 单词 | showy |
| 例句 | showy adjective •they spared no sequins or feathers in what may be the most showy finale ever seen on this stage:ostentatious, conspicuous, pretentious, flamboyant, gaudy, garish, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, overelaborate, kitsch, kitschy | pyrotechnical | informal flash, flashy, glitzy, ritzy, swanky, fancy-dancy, fancy-schmancy. ANT restrained.WORD NOTE pyrotechnical There is nothing properly wrong with describing a piece of writing or a vocal performance as pyrotechnical. The Oxford English Dictionary patiently lists this usage as the word's third figurative meaning: "Of wit, rhetoric, etc.: resembling or suggestive of fireworks; brilliant, sensational." No, there is nothing properly wrong here. But something dies in a piece of figurative language when it is used so frequently and debased so often, and becomes a kind of "fudging term," standing in for what would otherwise be a lengthier descriptive act. If you mean showy then say showy, and if you mean complex then say that, but if you want to unpick and understand the way a piece of rhetoric works, than pyrotechnical is a very weak adjective indeed. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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