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单词
claptrap
释义
claptrap
clap‧trap
/
ˈklæptræp
/
noun
[uncountable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
claptrap
Origin:
1800-1900
claptrap
‘something intended to make the people watching a show clap’
(18-19 centuries)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
But what happens when the right-wing minority decides that they've had enough of this liberal
claptrap
about integration?
Sentimental
claptrap
, Luce scolded herself.
The rest of the
claptrap
is just social control.
What is all this
claptrap
about a classless society and a citizens charter?
Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious
claptrap
.
informal
talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge
:
romantic claptrap
随便看
Boston
Boston Globe, The
Boston Massacre
Boston Pops
Boston Red Sox
Boston Strangler
Boston Tea Party
bosun
Boswell, James
Bosworth Field
bot
botanical
botanical garden
botanically
botanist
botany
Botany Bay
botch
both
Botham, Ian
bother
botheration
bothered
bothersome
botnet
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