humbug

英['hʌmbʌg] 美['hʌmbʌɡ]

反义词

复数: humbugs;

1. 就是像一只臭虫一样，不断在里的耳边嗡嗡嗡地说一些冠冕堂皇的假话来骗你，可以说很形象。

humbug 谎言，骗人的把戏

hum,嗡嗡叫，欺骗，bug,鬼怪，鬼魂。引申词义谎言，骗人的把戏。

humbug (n.): 1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," also as a verb, of unknown origin. A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then.

1. There was all the usual humbug and obligatory compliments from ministers.: 全都是些部长们常说的骗人鬼话和少不了的奉承恭维。

3. Britain's laws on homosexuality are hypocritical humbug.: 英国的同性恋法律都是虚伪的空话连篇。