| 单词 | humbug |
| 释义 | humbug (once / 1715 pages) nv Humbug is language that's either deceptive or just ridiculous. Either way, it's verbal garbage and inspires people to mutter "Bah! Humbug!" — just like Scrooge did in "A Christmas Carol." Humbug is one of many words in English for language that can't be trusted. Humbug is like snake oil: it's deceptive, tricky, and meant to put one over on you. There's a slightly different type of humbug that refers to nonsense: speech or writing that's silly, pretentious, or just empty. When someone is talking a lot but saying nothing, they're talking humbug. WORD FAMILYhumbug: humbugged, humbugging, humbugs USAGE EXAMPLESAfter an initial ‘humbug’ moment, architect Bernie Baker weaves a story of contemporary redemption. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Here are some ways to say bah humbug to these costly, wasteful ways and embrace a green Christmas in 2016. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) No humbug here: Every year, the library displays the original manuscript of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Syn|Hypo|Hyper dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on goldbrick anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) 2n communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive Syn|Hyper snake oil deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood 3n pretentious or silly talk or writing Syn|Hyper baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality a message that seems to convey no meaning 4v trick or deceive Hyper cozen, deceive, delude, lead on be false to; be dishonest with |
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