| 单词 | fustian |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['fʌstiən] |
| 解释 | n. 空洞的话,无意义的高调 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 空洞的话,无意义的高 调(bombast; rant) 【例】 Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot. |
| 字源 | fustian (n.) "thick cotton cloth," c.1200, from Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from Latin fustis "staff, stick of wood," probably a loan-translation of Greek xylina lina "linens of wood" (i.e. "cotton"), but the Medieval Latin word also is sometimes said to be from Fostat, town near Cairo where this cloth was manufactured. [Klein finds this derivation untenable.] Figurative sense of "pompous, inflated language" recorded by 1590s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (空洞的、浮夸的、无意义的)高调或文章 = bombast = rant 【记】fus = fuse融合, tian天: 号称要融合天空中的臭氧洞-夸张话 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】fuss + 音:谈,大惊小怪地夸张地谈;fuss忙乱 + tian天→一点小事能惊天动地;音:覆毯,覆盖用的毯子 【相关】fasten 抓紧 |
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