trumpery
英 ['trʌmp(ə)rɪ]
美 ['trʌmpəri]
- n. 中看不中用的東西；廢話；廢物
- adj. 無用的；虛有其表的
中文詞源
trumpery 中看不中用的東西trump,欺騙，-ery,名詞後綴。引申詞義虛有其表的東西，中看不中用的東西。
英文詞源
- trumpery (n.)
- mid-15c., "deceit, trickery," from Middle French tromperie (14c.), from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin (see trump (v.2), which has influenced the spelling in English). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. The thing he bought yesterday was trumpery.
- 他昨天買的隻是一件沒有什麽價值的東西。
來自辭典例句