英语词汇“claptrap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Use the word claptrap when you're talking about overblown nonsense. You might read your English professor's new book and secretly feel that it's nothing but claptrap.

Writing that's grandiose or boastful is one kind of claptrap, and a ridiculous or absurd speech is another. Most claptrap involves ornate ways of talking or writing, involving rhetorical flourishes and a lack of deep meaning. The word comes from the idea of "a trick to 'catch' applause," and its meaning evolved to mean "showy, cheap talk" and also, to some degree, "nonsense."

WORD FAMILY

claptrap: claptraps

USAGE EXAMPLES

Governor Henry Wise of Virginia wrote back in 1856 that the “theatrical national claptrap of Thanksgiving” was merely a mask to aid “other causes”.

The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016)

That’s one reason why Virginia Governor Henry Wise said he would not support this “theatrical national claptrap that is Thanksgiving.”

Time(Nov 23, 2016)

He cannot take back all of the racist claptrap he's belched out over the years.

New York Times(Sep 15, 2016)

n pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Syn|Hyper

blah, bombast, fustian, rant

grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric

high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

单词	claptrap
释义	claptrap (once / 29184 pages) n Use the word claptrap when you're talking about overblown nonsense. You might read your English professor's new book and secretly feel that it's nothing but claptrap. Writing that's grandiose or boastful is one kind of claptrap, and a ridiculous or absurd speech is another. Most claptrap involves ornate ways of talking or writing, involving rhetorical flourishes and a lack of deep meaning. The word comes from the idea of "a trick to 'catch' applause," and its meaning evolved to mean "showy, cheap talk" and also, to some degree, "nonsense." WORD FAMILY claptrap: claptraps USAGE EXAMPLES Governor Henry Wise of Virginia wrote back in 1856 that the “theatrical national claptrap of Thanksgiving” was merely a mask to aid “other causes”. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) That’s one reason why Virginia Governor Henry Wise said he would not support this “theatrical national claptrap that is Thanksgiving.” Time(Nov 23, 2016) He cannot take back all of the racist claptrap he's belched out over the years. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) n pompous or pretentious talk or writing Syn\|Hyper blah, bombast, fustian, rant grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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