poppycock

poppycock

英 ['pɒpɪkɒk]
　　美

n. 廢話；胡說

中文詞源：

poppycock 胡說

美式英語，可能來自荷蘭語pappe,流食，軟食，詞源同pap,kak,糞便，來自拉丁語cacare,排便，詞源同cacophony.比喻用法。

例句：

1. Those five judges up there are not going to sustain any such poppycock idea as this.
那裡的五位推事,是不會支持象這樣胡說八道的主意的.

2. Politically maybe the idea seems good, but militarily it's poppycock.
這種想法在政治上可能看來可取, 但在軍事上那是廢話一堆.

3. He dismissed the official explanationas complete poppycock.
他認為官方的解釋是一派胡言,不值一顧.

4. Your correspondent thinks this is poppycock.
本刊記者認為這純粹是胡扯.