请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 flummery
释义

flummery

noun
/ˈflʌməri/
/ˈflʌməri/
[uncountable]
jump to other results
  1. ideas, statements or procedures that you think are silly or have no real meaning, especially praise that is silly or not sincere synonym nonsense
    • She hated the flummery of public relations.
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery’.
随便看

 

英语词典包含84843条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 12:37:43