形容詞 meretricious:

1. like or relating to a prostitute
2. tastelessly showy
   同義詞：brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
   同義詞：gilded, specious

mer.e.tri.cious

adj.（形容詞）

Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
浮華的：以庸俗的方式引起注意的：
例句：
meretricious ornamentation.See Synonyms at gaudy
俗氣的裝飾參見 gaudy

Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
不誠懇的：看似真實但實為虛假和不真誠的；似是而非的：
例句：
a meretricious argument.
似是而非的論點

Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
嫖娼的：妓女或嫖娼的、或與之有關(guān)的：
例句：
meretricious relationships.
嫖娼關(guān)系

來源：
Latin meretrocius [of prostitutes]
拉丁語 meretrocius [妓女的]
from meretrox meretroc- [prostitute]
源自 meretrox meretroc- [妓女]
from merôre [to earn money] * see (s)mer- 2
源自 merôre [掙錢] *參見 (s)mer- 2

【引伸】
mer.etri.ciously
adv.（副詞）
mer.etri.ciousness
n.（名詞）