claptrap的意思

claptrap

英式音标['klæp'træp]
美式英标['klæptræp]

基本解释

n. 讨好的言语或行为；哗众取宠的话

adj. 讨好的

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。

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."

实用例句

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。

2. What a load of claptrap!: 废话真多!

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

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