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单词
hokum
释义
hokum
ho‧kum
/
ˈhəʊkəm
$
ˈhoʊ-
/
noun
[uncountable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
hokum
Origin:
1900-2000
Probably from
hocus-pocus
+
bunkum
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Jackson said the entire plan was
hokum
.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
But one was left wondering at the decision to commit time, money and talent to this dingy piece of
hokum
.
Cowboys, trail dust and great six-stringed
hokum
converge on Tucson this week with the ninth-annual Western Music Festival.
Do not be tempted to dismiss such corporate homilies as boardroom
hokum
.
One could tolerate this kind of
hokum
, if only the movie had some fun with it.
Similarly the rise of Existentialism in the 1950s made an interest in matters spiritual seem like so much unfashionable
hokum
.
The movie is nonstop, state-of-the-art, over-the-top Hollywood
hokum
.
informal
something that seems true or impressive but that is wrong or not sincere
:
All that talk is just a bunch of hokum.
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