mummery / ˈmʌm ə ri /

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mummery 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural mum·mer·ies.

  1. the performance of mummers.
  2. any performance, ceremony, etc., regarded as absurd, false, or ostentatious.

mummery 近义词

mummery

等同于 joke

mummery

等同于 masquerade

mummery

等同于 sport

mummery

等同于 ha-ha

mummery

等同于 formality

mummery

等同于 hocus-pocus

更多mummery例句

  1. At the domino mask they fetched I hesitated, for anything like mummery of this sort was always repugnant to me.
  2. When next he saw her, she would have forgotten her priests and their mummery; she would think only of him and live only for him.
  3. Indeed, no religious rites exist among them, unless the unmeaning mummery of the medicine tent can be looked upon as such.
  4. Heyward possessed some knowledge of the mummery practised among the Indians, in the cases of such supposed visitations.
  5. And smile not either—lest I spoil the symmetry of that face for your monkish mummery and processions.