單詞
claptrap
英 ['kl?ptr?p]
美['kl?p'tr?p]
基本信息
- n. 討好的言語或行為；嘩眾取寵的話
- adj. 討好的
中文詞源
claptrap 蠢話，廢話
由clap 和trap 構成的合成詞。原為舞臺術語，指嘩眾取寵，吸引人鼓掌。
英文詞源
- claptrap (n.)
- c. 1730, "trick to 'catch' applause," a stage term; from clap (v.) + trap (n.). Extended sense of "cheap, showy language" is from 1819; hence "nonsense, rubbish."
雙語例句
- 1. This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
- 這是政客們宣揚過無數次的廢話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. What a load of claptrap!
- 廢話真多!
來自互聯網
- 3. Don't believe that political claptrap.
- 不要相信政客說的空話.
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