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单词 gobbledygook
释义 gob·ble·dy·gook
noun
or gob·ble·de·gook \|gäbəldē|gu̇k, -di|-, -|gük\
Etymology: irregular from gobble (III)
: wordy and generally unintelligible jargon:
 a. : inflated, involved, and obscure verbiage usually associated with bureaucratic pronouncements
  < the current law is a masterpiece of complexity and gobbledygook — Roswell Magill >
 b. : the specialized language of a group or organization that is usually wordy and complicated and often unintelligible to an outsider
  < I don't get all this real-estate gobbledygook: twenty-seven-five, five down, exclusive development, unspoiled area, last frontier — Steve McNeil >
  < writing in a linguistic gobbledygook unintelligible to everyone except the specialist — G.S.Lane >
 c. : a meaningless jumble of words
  < only the teachers in the English department teach English; the others let their students get by with any old gobbledygook — S.E.Morison >
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