flummery
英 ['fl?m(?)r?]
- n. 假恭維；柔軟易食的食品
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?flummeries;
中文詞源
flummery 恭維話(huà)
改寫(xiě)自威爾干語(yǔ)llymru, 一種酸甜的燕麥糊，后用于指一種蛋奶甜點(diǎn)心。由甜點(diǎn)引申詞義恭維。
英文詞源
- flummery (n.)
- 1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru "sour oatmeal jelly boiled with the husks," of uncertain origin. Later of a sweet dish in cookery (1747). Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from 1740s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She hated the flummery of public relations.
- 她討厭公關(guān)工作中的虛夸恭維。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Where was our great Island h! eritage portrayed in all this flummery?
- 在這堆亂七八糟的糟粕里頭,我們這個(gè)偉大島嶼的傳承卻無(wú)處可見(jiàn).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. All the rest is flummery.
- 其它什么都是廢話(huà).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)