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poppycock

/pop-ee-kok/US // ˈpɒp iˌkɒk //UK // (ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk) //

胡说八道,胡扯,炮轰,弹幕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : nonsense; bosh.

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Examples

  • It happened on the same day Jack Phelan, a coach Gallagher adored, died suddenly at 66 after a lifetime that included being the man who ushered Hartford into Division I in 1981, back when many saw that idea as poppycock.

  • There's too much of the poppycock—too many of those long-haired, long-winded donkeys playing the miniature creator for my taste.

  • The Waif was no poppycock yacht, built to dodge about the Solent and run for Cowes if the wind blew a capful.

  • "I knew he'd talked a lot of poppycock about a man who was still living having been shot to death," Whitburn retorted.

  • Billy Stark, coming in at the door, thought that sounded like poppycock, but Electra knew it was the wisdom of the chosen.

  • Has he really got these ideas—the ambitious poppycock that you talked about?