英语词汇“irish bull”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Irish bull

Irish bull n. a statement which is manifestly self-contradictory or inconsistent, esp. to humorous effect; cf. bull n.⁴ 2a.Now likely to be considered offensive.

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1734 M. Barber Poems 187 To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thormond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull.

1763 Tom Gay's Comical Jester (title page) Smart repartees, witty quibbles, Irish bulls, &c.

1841 Derby Mercury 14 Sept. That kind of sham Reformer, who, to use an Irish Bull, is at bottom, no Reformer at all.

1914 C. L. Graves in J. Dunn & P. J. Lennox Glories of Ireland 300 There is no better known form of Irish humor than that commonly called the ‘Irish bull’, which is too often set down to lax thinking and faulty logic. But it is the rarest thing to encounter a genuine Irish ‘bull’ which is not picturesque and at the same time highly suggestive.

1985 Eng. Today July 33/3 The Irish bull is an ancestor of the present-day Irish joke (usually cracked elsewhere, but often self-imposed).

extracted from Irishadj.adv.n.

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单词	irish bull
释义	> as lemmas Irish bull Irish bull n. a statement which is manifestly self-contradictory or inconsistent, esp. to humorous effect; cf. bull n.⁴ 2a.Now likely to be considered offensive. ΚΠ 1734 M. Barber Poems 187 To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thormond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull. 1763 Tom Gay's Comical Jester (title page) Smart repartees, witty quibbles, Irish bulls, &c. 1841 Derby Mercury 14 Sept. That kind of sham Reformer, who, to use an Irish Bull, is at bottom, no Reformer at all. 1914 C. L. Graves in J. Dunn & P. J. Lennox Glories of Ireland 300 There is no better known form of Irish humor than that commonly called the ‘Irish bull’, which is too often set down to lax thinking and faulty logic. But it is the rarest thing to encounter a genuine Irish ‘bull’ which is not picturesque and at the same time highly suggestive. 1985 Eng. Today July 33/3 The Irish bull is an ancestor of the present-day Irish joke (usually cracked elsewhere, but often self-imposed). extracted from Irishadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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