释义 |
canardca‧nard /kæˈnɑːd $ kəˈnɑːrd/ noun [countable] written canardOrigin: 1800-1900 French vendre des canards à moitié ‘to half-sell ducks, cheat’ - A canard of anti-Semitism is that there is a secret group of powerful Jews running the country.
- In other words, the whole idea of globalization was a canard.
- It is hardly necessary to dignify that vile canard by saying there is not a mote of truth to it.
- The initial findings lay to rest a few canards.
- The Opposition raised the canard that some sort of register is required under the council tax.
a piece of news that is false and is told to people deliberately in order to harm someone |