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单词 claptrap
释义
claptrapclap‧trap /ˈklæptræp/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINclaptrap
Origin:
1800-1900 claptrap ‘something intended to make the people watching a show clap’ (18-19 centuries)
Examples
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  • 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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