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单词 mumbo jumbo
释义 mumbo jumbo
 /mum"boh jum"boh/, pl. mumbo jumbos.
  1. meaningless incantation or ritual.
  2. senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, confuse a listener, or the like.
  3. an object of superstitious awe or reverence.
  4. (caps.) the guardian of western Sudan villages symbolized by a masked man who combats evil and punishes women for breaches of tribal laws.
 [1730-40; of disputed orig.]
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