| 单词 | hogwash |
| 释义 | hogwash (once / 62207 pages) n Hogwash is complete nonsense, lies, or ridiculous actions. Any diet plan that promises you'll lose twenty pounds in two weeks is hogwash. The informal hogwash is perfect for talking about falsehoods and foolishness. Your little brother may insist that his lemonade stand will make him a millionaire this summer, but you know that's hogwash. And many politicians give long speeches that seem, in retrospect, to be nothing but hogwash. The word has seen a dramatic evolution, from the fifteenth century "slops fed to pigs," to "cheap liquor" in the 1700s, to "inferior writing" towards the end of the eighteenth century. WORD FAMILYhogwash USAGE EXAMPLESIt would indeed be much easier for all concerned if global warming were hogwash. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) Still, even less ideologically minded people have pointed out that much of Brown’s view of history is hogwash. The Guardian(Oct 28, 2016) Advocates of “Brexit” argued that was hogwash, and the early evidence suggests they were right. New York Times(Oct 10, 2016) n unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) Syn|Hyper buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot drivel, garbage a worthless message |
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