| 单词 | claptrap |
| 释义 | clap·trap /ˈklæptræp/ noun [uncountable] informalUNTRUE talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge 无知的废话，傻话 romantic claptrap 情意绵绵的傻话Examples from the Corpusclaptrap• But what happens when the right-wing minority decides that they've had enough of this liberal claptrap about integration?• Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious claptrap.• Sentimental claptrap, Luce scolded herself.• The rest of the claptrap is just social control.• What is all this claptrap about a classless society and a citizens charter?Origin claptrap (1800-1900) claptrap “something intended to make the people watching a show clap” ((18-19 centuries))clap·trap nounChineseSyllable shows is that or talk a lack of knowledge stupid Corpus |
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