单词 | to make a nonsense of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a nonsense of 4. As a count noun: a piece of nonsense; a ridiculous notion or idea; an arrangement of which one disapproves; a muddle, a fiasco. Now frequently (chiefly British) in to make a nonsense of: to reduce the value of to a ridiculous degree. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or going wrong > instance of miscarriage1590 nonsense1646 slip-up1909 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > instance of flim-flam1546 delirium1599 bull1640 nonsense1646 fandango1841 fiddlededee1843 flapdoodle1878 1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 98 Every new nonsense will be more acceptable..then any old sense. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ii. 35 He understood not French very well, nor I his Fustian Language; so our discourse was a perpetuall Nonsense. 1803 W. Scott Let. 14 Sept. (1932) I. 204 I daresay I shall go on scribbling one nonsense or another to the end of the chapter. 1827 Freedom's Jrnl. (Electronic text) 22 June And who is this garrulous curiosity..this Niagara of nonsenses? 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 212 Lyne made a nonsense of the embarkation. 1957 Listener 30 May 873 Size is essential for efficiency. A small steel works..is an economic nonsense. 1962 Movie June 6/2 Ambitious nonsenses like The Entertainer and Flame in the Streets. 1985 C. Phillips Final Passage 164 It made a nonsense of their reunion, for her marriage was again to be tolerated, not shared. < as lemmas |
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