词源不详。可能同garnish, 装饰。

1. This colour is bright but not garish.

这颜色艳而不俗.

2. They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.

他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。

3. All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling.

在你周围好像有些东西又扎眼,又晃眼, 又刺耳.

4. The garish yard , filled with the flowers of poverty, was uglier by far than in winter.

满院花花绿绿,开着穷恶的花, 比冬天要更丑陋着好几倍.

5. It was like garish noon rising to the dignity of sunset in a couple of seconds.

那好象晶明当空的午日,在两秒钟之间变成灿烂庄严的夕阳一般.