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单词 taradiddle
释义 tar·a·did·dle
noun
also tar·ra·did·dle \ˌtarəˈdidəl\
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a minor falsehood : fib
 < not only told her taradiddle about having hunted … she even came near believing it — George Orwell >
 < all the idle rumors and taradiddles heard in the … country — R.G.Howarth >
2. : pretentious nonsense : insincere or false matter
 < some stale and fantastic taradiddle on the theme of espionage, which is worked to death — Foreign Affairs >
 < declares a ringing hail and farewell to the hero with all the domestic and military taradiddleTime >
 < accustomed to so much taradiddle and so-called aesthetic interpretation in the field of music … that we are likely to shy away — William Howell >
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