| 单词 | humbug |
| 释义 | humbug —humbugger, n. /hum"bug'/, n. , v. , humbugged, humbugging, interj. n. 1. something intended to delude or deceive. 2. the quality of falseness or deception. 3. a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor. 4. something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense: a humbug of technical jargon. 5. Brit. a variety of hard mint candy. v.t. 6. to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive. v.i. 7. to practice humbug. interj. 8. nonsense! [1730-40; orig. uncert.] Syn. 1. imposition. 2. pretense, sham. 3. pretender, deceiver, charlatan, swindler, quack, confidence man. 6. cheat, swindle, trick, fool, dupe. |
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