英['tɔːdri]美['tɔːdri]
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公元7世纪时，在英国有一位名叫奥黛丽（Audrey）的公主，为了逃婚而隐居在一座名叫Ely的小岛上。公主在小岛上创建了一家修道院并自任院长。公主年轻时讲究打扮，喜欢在颈部系上名贵的蕾丝装饰物。年老时患上咽喉癌，公主便认为这是上帝对自己年轻时爱慕虚荣的惩罚。公主死后被基督教会封为圣徒，并被当地人封为该岛的保护神。在每年的公主纪念日上，岛上都会有热闹的集市。集市上卖的最多的商品就是妇女所用的各种颈部修饰品，如项链、蕾丝等。小贩们高声叫卖：“St.Andrey’s lace”（圣奥黛丽的蕾丝），最后逐渐演变为tawdry lace。由于公主因为臭美而遭到上帝惩罚，并且小贩们所卖的这种小饰品通常廉价而又俗气，因此tawdry lace就被人用来表示“廉价而又俗丽的东西”，有时候缩略为tawdry。
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Tawdry means cheap, shoddy, or tasteless. It can be used to describe almost anything from clothes to people to even events or affairs.
You know that shiny black slip you picked up for nothing at a garage sale and used as the skirt of your lion-tamer Halloween costume? It's a bit tawdry. But it would really be tawdry if you wore it on a regular day out. Tawdry things often have a hint of desperation and immorality — like tawdry extramarital affairs or tawdry tales. With tawdry decorations and jewelry, quality has been exchanged for lots of flash and shine.