poppycock

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n. 胡说, 废话

发音

UK /ˈpɒpikɒk/
US /ˈpɑpiˌkɑk/

词形变化

poppycocks 复数 poppycocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    foolish talk; nonsense.

    非正式 不可数

    That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.

    He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.

    Don’t talk such poppycock—you know it’s not true.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

stuff hooey stuff and nonsense

上位词 5

nonsense bunk meaninglessness hokum nonsensicality

词源

Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).

来源：wiktionary