skimble-skamble

短语

a. 随口说来的, 杂乱而无意义的, 互不关联的

发音

US /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/
其它
UK /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/

别名

skimble-scamble

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.

词源

Reduplication of scamble (“to move about pushing and jostling, struggle for place or possession, scramble; to mangle”). The term was popularized by William Shakespeare’s use of it in the play Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597): see the quotation.

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