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poppycock

英 ['pɒpɪkɒk] 美
  • n. 废话;胡说

中文词源


poppycock 胡说

美式英语,可能来自荷兰语pappe,流食,软食,词源同pap,kak,粪便,来自拉丁语cacare,排便,词源同cacophony.比喻用法。

英文词源


poppycock (n.)
1865, American English, probably from Dutch dialect pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe "soft food" (see pap) + kak "dung," from Latin cacare "to excrete" (see caca).

双语例句


1. Those five judges up there are not going to sustain any such poppycock idea as this.
那里的五位推事,是不会支持象这样胡说八道的主意的.

来自辞典例句

2. Politically maybe the idea seems good, but militarily it's poppycock.
这种想法在政治上可能看来可取, 但在军事上那是废话一堆.

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3. He dismissed the official explanationas complete poppycock.
他认为官方的解释是一派胡言,不值一顾.

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4. Your correspondent thinks this is poppycock.
本刊记者认为这纯粹是胡扯.

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