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单词 rigmarole
释义 rig·ma·role
I. noun
or rig·a·ma·role \ˈrig(ə)məˌrōl sometimes -ˌrō\
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of ragman roll
1. : a succession of confused, meaningless, or foolish statements : prolix and rambling or incoherent talk
 < a snarling violent rigmarole … kept on coming from him — Claud Cockburn >
 < never heard such a rigmarole — George Meredith >
2. : a complex and ritualistic procedure that is characterized more by form than genuine meaning
 < the odd procedures and mysterious rigmaroles of industrial laboratories — John McCarten >
 < the whole academic rigmarole of scales and exercises was unnecessary — Winthrop Sargeant >
II. adjective
also rig·ma·rol·ish \-ōlish\
: consisting of or marked by rigmarole
 < babbling its indistinct rigmarole story — Edmund Wilson >
 < read some long rigmarolish old records — Samuel Lover >
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