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hooey

/hoo-ee/US // ˈhu i //UK // (ˈhuːɪ) //

骗人,骗人的,骗局,骗术

Related Words

bananas香蕉garbage垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾处理,垃圾的absurdity荒诞性,荒谬性,荒唐,荒谬的事fatuity脂肪性,肥胖症,肥沃性,脂肪含量bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖baloney胡说八道,胡扯,空话blather胡言乱语,胡说八道,废话连篇bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事claptrap胡说八道,哗众取宠,废话连篇,废话babble咿呀学语,咿咿呀呀,狒狒,咿呀giddiness眩晕,晕眩,眩晕感,眩晕症imprudence不谨慎,轻率,不慎,不慎重idiocy白痴,白癡,白痴病,白话drivel胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡说,胡扯bull公牛,公牛队,公债,公文balderdash胡说八道,狗屁不通,胡扯,废话连篇irrationality不合理性,不合情理,无理取闹,不理性hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道folly愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,愚蠢的,愚弄foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢

Definitions

interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : : Hooey! You know that's not true.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnonsense
Synonyms
absurdity荒诞性,荒谬性,荒唐,荒谬的事babble咿呀学语,咿咿呀呀,狒狒,咿呀balderdash胡说八道,狗屁不通,胡扯,废话连篇baloney胡说八道,胡扯,空话bananas香蕉blather胡言乱语,胡说八道,废话连篇bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事bull公牛,公牛队,公债,公文bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖bunkum胡说八道,混帐东西,混帐,混账东西claptrap胡说八道,哗众取宠,废话连篇,废话drivel胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡说,胡扯fatuity脂肪性,肥胖症,肥沃性,脂肪含量flightiness飞行能力,飞行性,飞行,飞扬跋扈folly愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,愚蠢的,愚弄foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢fun乐趣,有趣的,娱乐,趣味garbage垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾处理,垃圾的gibberish胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道giddiness眩晕,晕眩,眩晕感,眩晕症hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道idiocy白痴,白癡,白痴病,白话imprudence不谨慎,轻率,不慎,不慎重inanity虚无缥缈,荒唐,荒诞不经,荒诞irrationality不合理性,不合情理,无理取闹,不理性hot air热空气,热气,热风,炎热的空气ja子,婕斯

Examples

  • The truth could use more friends in 21st-century America, where a great many citizens have embraced large quantities of hooey — palpable nonsense, especially of the kind promoted by our recently departed president.

  • Mabray dismisses as “hooey” the algorithms sites use to suggest wines based on how bitter you like your coffee.

  • There’s a lot of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in wine, and heavy, imposing bottles meant to make the wine look like it tastes better are a big part of the hooey.

  • The “gotcha” complaints and stalking off the set are, for the most part, self-serving hooey.

  • "A bunch of hooey," she snapped in reply, scowled at Boswellister and jerked her child complainingly down the street behind her.

  • Picking up a short piece of broken tree limb she went round the cow, crying "Hooey-hooey!"

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