flummery
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英 ['fl?m(?)r?]
- n. 假恭維；柔軟易食的食品
詞態變化
復數:?flummeries;
中文詞源
flummery 恭維話
改寫自威爾干語llymru, 一種酸甜的燕麥糊，后用于指一種蛋奶甜點心。由甜點引申詞義恭維。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. She hated the flummery of public relations.
- 她討厭公關工作中的虛夸恭維。
來自《權威詞典》
- 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,我們這個偉大島嶼的傳承卻無處可見.
來自互聯網
- 3. All the rest is flummery.
- 其它什么都是廢話.
來自互聯網