claptrap

英 ['klæptræp] 美['klæp'træp]
  • n. 讨好的言语或行为;哗众取宠的话
  • adj. 讨好的

英英释义


1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing

实用场景例句


This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

柯林斯例句

What a load of claptrap!
废话真多!

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Don't believe that political claptrap.
不要相信政客说的空话.

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中文词源


claptrap 蠢话,废话

由clap 和trap 构成的合成词。原为舞台术语,指哗众取宠,吸引人鼓掌。

双语例句


1. This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

来自柯林斯例句

2. What a load of claptrap!
废话真多!

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3. Don't believe that political claptrap.
不要相信政客说的空话.

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英文词源


claptrap (n.)
c. 1730, "trick to 'catch' applause," a stage term; from clap (v.) + trap (n.). Extended sense of "cheap, showy language" is from 1819; hence "nonsense, rubbish."