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humbug

/huhm-buhg/US // ˈhʌmˌbʌg //UK // (ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ) //

胡说八道,胡说乱道,胡扯,谣言

Related Words

hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道silliness愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,傻气,愚蠢行为babble咿呀学语,咿咿呀呀,狒狒,咿呀bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖bull公牛,公牛队,公债,公文hooey骗人,骗人的,骗局,骗术drivel胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡说,胡扯poppycock胡说八道,胡扯,炮轰,弹幕rubbish垃圾,废物,废话,糟粕baloney胡说八道,胡扯,空话balderdash胡说八道,狗屁不通,胡扯,废话连篇gibberish胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道trash垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾箱,垃圾处理pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假prank恶作剧,恶搞fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人sting蜇伤,刺痛,蜇人,蜇伏flimflam虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为gyp琴棋书画,琴琴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : something intended to delude or deceive.
    • : the quality of falseness or deception.
    • : a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor.
    • : something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense: a humbug of technical jargon.
    • : British. a variety of hard mint candy.
v.有主动词 verb
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    hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging.

    • : to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive.
v.无主动词 verb
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    hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging.

    • : to practice humbug.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Synonyms & Antonyms

    nounnonsense
    Forms: humbugged, humbugging
    Synonyms
    bsBSbabble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bull公牛,公牛队,公债,公文bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖drivel胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡说,胡扯gibberish胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道hooey骗人,骗人的,骗局,骗术poppycock胡说八道,胡扯,炮轰,弹幕pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假rubbish垃圾,废物,废话,糟粕silliness愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,傻气,愚蠢行为trash垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾箱,垃圾处理empty talk空谈,空话,空口说白话,空话连篇hot air热空气,热气,热风,炎热的空气
    nounhoax
    Forms: humbugged, humbugging
    Synonyms
    con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人flimflam虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗gyp琴棋书画,琴琴hustle喧嚣,喧闹,喧哗,喧闹声prank恶作剧,恶搞put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人spoof恶搞,恶作剧,欺骗,愚弄sting蜇伤,刺痛,蜇人,蜇伏swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人con game骗局游戏,骗局,骗人游戏,骗子游戏fast one快速的一个,快的一个,快速的,快速的一snow job雪地作业,雪地工作,雪上作业,雪工

    Examples

    • Only a humbug would complain about this “Alice in Wonderland” like befuddlement.

    • There is, inevitably, a lot of self-serving humbug and a lot of tedious pap.

    • No one outside Limbaughland or Trumpville, Potemkin villages where no one will vote for Obama anyway, credited the humbug.

    • We all bow to the seor, and I wonder if he is really the private secretary, or a private humbug, waiting around to ensnare us.

    • Did the manufacturers of Alleotone feel downcast over the exposure of their humbug?

    • In brief, Dowds scientific method is nothing more than unscientific humbug.

    • You will find him in these pages, just the same humbug Wizard as before.

    • "The Wizard of Oz has always been a humbug," agreed Dorothy.

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