rigmarole

n. 冗长的废话, 繁琐费时的手续 a. 冗长的, 无条理的

发音

UK /ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/
US /ˈɹɪɡməɹoʊl/
AU

词形变化

rigmaroles 复数 rigmaroles

别名

rigamarole

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long and complicated formal procedure.

    可数 不可数

    Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?

  2. 2.

    Confused and incoherent talk; nonsense.

    可数 过时 不可数

    His reply did not even allude to the subject, but was a rigmarole about the weather; as if he had been writing to an idiot, who did not require a rational answer to any question they had asked.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by rigmarole; prolix; tedious.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

rigamarole

上位词 7

nonsense process procedure bunk meaninglessness hokum nonsensicality

词源

From ragman roll (“long list; catalogue”). Recorded since c1736.

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