hogwash

FREQ #33596

n. 泔脚, 废话, 空洞的作品

发音

UK /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/
US /ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/
/ˈhɑɡ.wɑʃ/

词形变化

hogwashes 复数 hogwashes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

    比喻 非正式 不可数
  2. 2.

    A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.

    泔水

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

rot bunk guff buncombe bunkum

上位词 2

garbage drivel

下位词 7

shit crap bullshit bull horseshit dog shit Irish bull

词源

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog + wash.

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