| 释义 |
bun·kum
I. noun
or bun·combe \ˈbəŋkəm\
(-s)
Etymology: Buncombe County, N.C.; from a remark made by Felix Walker fl1820, United States representative from the Congressional district including this county, who explained a seemingly irrelevant speech in Congress by the statement that he was speaking to Buncombe
: insincere public talk or action : nonsense, claptrap, foolishness
II. adjective
Etymology: perhaps from Canadian French le buncum sa (French il est bon comme ça) it is good as it is
1. dialect : of outstanding quality : very fine
< these are bunkum apples >
2. dialect : in good health : well and strong
< I don't feel so bunkum > |