window dressing
The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windowsThe decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.
» The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
Значение
значений: 3(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.
Schaufensterdekoration, Schaufensterdeko
(неисчисляемое)The process, skill or task of creating such a display.
(переносно, неисчисляемое)A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.
These latest modifications are mere window dressing; the same problems remain.
Augenwischerei, Schönfärberei
очковтирательствоočkovtiratelʹstvo
- the decoration of shop windows
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
Примеры
предложений: 2The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.
Переводы
языков: 3По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Формы
мн. число: window dressingsСинонимы
синонимов: 3- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant:facade
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 6Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым