twee

adjective
🔊/twiː/
🔊/twiː/
(British English, informal, disapproving)
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  1. very pretty, in a way that you find unpleasant and silly; appearing sentimental矫揉造作的;花里胡哨的;故作多情的
    • The room was decorated with twee little pictures of animals.这个房间里挂满了花哨的动物小图片。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: representing a child's pronunciation of sweet.