| 释义 |
baloney, boloney, n. and int. slang (orig. U.S.).|bəˈləʊnɪ, bə-|
[Commonly regarded as f. Bologna (sausage) but the connection remains conjectural.]
Humbug; nonsense.
1928Sat. Even. Post 28 Nov. 21 Gee, that's a long shot. Boloney! That's not the ball—it's the divot. 1935Discovery Dec. 378/2 He even suggests that much of modern psychiatry is ‘hooey’ and ‘baloney’. 1935E. Weekley Something about Words 64 Boloney must surely be for Bologna sausage (whence also the English polony, dating from the 18th century), influenced perhaps by the contemptuous sense associated with the German wurst. 1958Times 15 Nov. 5/3 That nick-name was absolute baloney. 1959J. Braine Vodi vi. 93 All that baloney about going upstairs to play a harp or downstairs to roast. 1959Daily Mail 15 Jan. 1/5 This is the official baloney that her family life would suffer if she were to live on a Commonwealth scale. |