解释
- n. 假恭维；柔软易食的食品
※ 提供单词"flummery"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
flummery 恭维话
改写自威尔干语llymru, 一种酸甜的燕麦糊，后用于指一种蛋奶甜点心。由甜点引申词义恭维。
英文词源
- flummery (n.)
- 1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru "sour oatmeal jelly boiled with the husks," of uncertain origin. Later of a sweet dish in cookery (1747). Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from 1740s.
例句和用法
- 1. She hated the flummery of public relations.
- 她讨厌公关工作中的虚夸恭维。
- 2. Where was our great Island h! eritage portrayed in all this flummery?
- 在这堆乱七八糟的糟粕里头,我们这个伟大岛屿的传承却无处可见.
- 3. All the rest is flummery.
- 其它什么都是废话.
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