schmaltz
noun /ʃmɔːlts/
/ʃmɔːlts/
[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)- the fact of being too sentimental
- At the end of the movie we drown in a sea of schmaltz.
Word Origin1930s: from Yiddish shmaltz, from German Schmalz ‘dripping, lard’.
单词 | schmaltz |
释义 | schmaltznoun /ʃmɔːlts/ /ʃmɔːlts/ [uncountable] (informal, disapproving)
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