English Dictionary

bauble

IPA（発音記号）

[ˈbɔːbəɫ]

名詞

広義 比喩的用法

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw. / (figuratively, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless. / A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

日本語の意味

安っぽい華美な装飾品、宝飾品（くすくすと見せる目的で用いられるもの） / 取るに足らない、価値のないもの（比喩的な意味） / クリスマスツリーなどに飾る、光沢のある小さな球形の装飾品

She wore the glittering bauble, a cheap showy ornament, to make her plain dress seem festive.

彼女は、地味なドレスを華やかに見せるために、きらびやかで安っぽい飾りを身につけた。

意味（1）

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

[…] as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless.

His hind quarters were likewise short, and not racinglike, and taken as a specimen of the horse, he was a mere bauble when looked at by the side of an English race-horse, much less a hunter.

意味（3）

A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

意味（4）

A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

baubles （ plural ）