trumpery
英 ['trʌmp(ə)rɪ]
美['trʌmpəri]
- n. 中看不中用的东西；废话；废物
- adj. 无用的；虚有其表的
词态变化
复数: trumperies;
中文词源
trumpery 中看不中用的东西
trump,欺骗，-ery,名词后缀。引申词义虚有其表的东西，中看不中用的东西。
英英释意
- 1. nonsensical talk or writing
- 2. ornamental objects of no great value
英文词源
- 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.