flummery

• n. 假恭维；柔软易食的食品

词态变化

中文词源

改写自威尔干语llymru, 一种酸甜的燕麦糊，后用于指一种蛋奶甜点心。由甜点引申词义恭维。

英文词源

flummery (n.)

1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru "sour oatmeal jelly boiled with the husks," of uncertain origin. Later of a sweet dish in cookery (1747). Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from 1740s.

双语例句

1. She hated the flummery of public relations.

她讨厌公关工作中的虚夸恭维。

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2. Where was our great Island h! eritage portrayed in all this flummery?

在这堆乱七八糟的糟粕里头,我们这个伟大岛屿的传承却无处可见.

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3. All the rest is flummery.

其它什么都是废话.

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