mummery
英 ['mʌm(ə)rɪ]
美
- n. 虚礼，哑剧；哑剧演员的表演
近义词
service
英英释义
- 1. meaningless ceremonies and flattery
英文词源
- mummery (n.)
- 1520s, "performance of mumming," from Old French mommerie, from momer (see mummer). Transferred sense of "ridiculous ceremony or ritual" is from 1540s.
词态变化
复数: mummeries;