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flummery
英 ['flʌməri] 美 ['flʌməri]
释义
- n.
- 废话;(尤指)无聊(或虚假)的恭维话
- Web
- 假恭维;面粉糊;麦片制的粥
展开详细释义
n.
1.假恭维,废话
2.面粉糊;冻状食品;柔软易食的食物(尤指燕麦粥、乳蛋黏糊;乳蛋甜点心)
3.麦片;布丁
词形变化
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在例句中理解 3 句
Yet behind this diplomatic flummery was the story that is further feeding Japan's many insecurities.
然而,这种外交恭维背后的故事,进一步引发了日本的诸多不安情绪。
As a work in progress, the parliament invents its own flummery.
议会正在发展中,它发明了自己打马虎眼的方式。
but her father , who is quite as opposed to such flummery as i , says that can be cured.
不过她的父亲和我一样反对她这种俗套,说这种毛病是可以治好的。