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skimble-scamble

/skim-buhl-skam-buhl; skim-uhl-skam-uhl/US // ˈskɪm bəlˌskæm bəl; ˈskɪm əlˌskæm əl //UK // (ˈskɪmbəlˈskæmbəl) archaic //

谦虚谨慎,掠夺式的偷窃

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rambling; nonsensical; confused: a skimble-scamble explanation.

Examples

  • Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.

  • Such skimble-skamble, yea and nay kind o' ways willna do wi' women.

  • I hope there will be soon an end of this "skimble stuff," "signifying nothing."

  • Why, it is half rhyme, and very skimble-skamble versification too.

  • A good example of the curious 'skimble skamble' anapaests before Dryden and Prior.