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单词 hokum
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hokum

(hoʊkəm)
uncountable noun
If you describe something as hokum, you think it is nonsense.
[informal]
The book is enjoyable hokum.

hokum in British English

(ˈhəʊkəm)
noun slang
1. 
claptrap; bunk
2. 
obvious or hackneyed material of a sentimental nature in a play, film, etc
Word origin
C20: probably a blend of hocus-pocus and bunkum

hokum in American English

(ˈhoʊkəm)
US
noun Slang
1. 
trite or mawkish sentiment, crude humor, etc. used to get a quick emotional response from an audience
2. 
nonsense; humbug; claptrap
Word origin
altered < hocus-pocus

Examples of 'hokum' in a sentence
hokum

The premise of the series was pure hokum.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is a film of the purest hokum, but done with a certain charm.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But if you can get past that, it looks the part and is enjoyable enough hokum.
The Sun (2015)
This is more thriller than sci-fi hokum.
The Sun (2008)
The gusto shown by all the participants makes the film 's hokum more enjoyable than it hasany right to be.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is pure B-movie horror hokum.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Hollow Man is pure hokum, but the visual effects are the true stars.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The film 's hokum is fun for a while, but soon grows dull.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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