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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