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单词
claptrap
释义
claptrap
clap‧trap
/
ˈklæptræp
/
noun
[uncountable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
claptrap
Origin:
1800-1900
claptrap
‘something intended to make the people watching a show clap’
(18-19 centuries)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
But what happens when the right-wing minority decides that they've had enough of this liberal
claptrap
about integration?
Sentimental
claptrap
, Luce scolded herself.
The rest of the
claptrap
is just social control.
What is all this
claptrap
about a classless society and a citizens charter?
Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious
claptrap
.
informal
talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge
:
romantic claptrap
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