| 单词 | clotted nonsense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclotted nonsense 3. figurative, spec. concentrated, dense; esp. in clotted nonsense. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid > by compaction or compression compressedc1374 compacta1398 hard-pressed1562 compacted1598 condensed1606 compress1647 constipated1647 confert1661 clotted1674 noddena1864 tabloid1890 1674 J. Dryden et al. Notes Empress of Morocco 23 Sure the Poet wrote these two Lines aboard some smack in a storm, and being Sea-sick spued up a good Lump of clotted Nonsense at once. 1834 Sun 1 Apr. 2/4 Sartor Resartus is what old Dennis used to call ‘a heap of clotted nonsense’. 1885 W. B. Yeats in Dublin Univ. Rev. May 83/2 When low the sun sank down in clotted flame Beyond the lake. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 2/2 This is the kind of talk which has been admirably described as ‘clotted nonsense’. 1940 W. Empson Gathering Storm 63 I tried to defend my clotted kind of poetry. 1963 Listener 24 Jan. 180/3 A more than usually clotted [television] script. < as lemmas |
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