1620s, "pertaining to harlots," from Latin meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (genitive meretricis) "prostitute," literally "woman who earns money," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain" (see merit (n.)). Meaning "gaudily alluring" is from 1630s. Related: Meretriciously; meretriciousness.
雙語例句
1. A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美麗的.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.