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galimatias

/gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs, -mat-ee-uhs/US // ˌgæl əˈmeɪ ʃi əs, -ˈmæt i əs //UK // (ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs, -ˈmætɪəs) //

伽利玛提斯,伽利玛斯,伽利马提斯,伽利玛窦

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : confused or unintelligible talk.

Examples

  • As a matter of fact, idle talk and galimatias of the sort are in no wise literature.

  • Mrs. Tramore stared, as if at a language she had never heard, a farrago, a galimatias.

  • Why should there not be a double irony for the clever, just as there is a galimatias double for the dull?

  • Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries.

  • He goes on with an eternal galimatias of patriotism, with such a self-sufficient air and decided tone!