humbug

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈhʌm.bʌɡ]
• 美式音标 [ˈhʌm.bʌɡ]
• 国际音标 ['hʌmbʌɡ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.欺诈；谎话；骗子；(英)一种薄荷糖
• v.欺骗；行骗

词根记忆

• hum(嗡嗡声) + bug(小虫)→小虫嗡嗡叫，欺骗少不了→欺骗

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Yon can only humbug those who are not aware of your tricks.
  你只能欺骗还不清楚你的伎俩的那些人。
• She, the widow said, had not been taken in by that humbug; we’d never see the poor woman again.
  寡妇说，她不会被那个骗子给蒙住的；我们绝对不会再见到她了。
• Bah humbug! I love Christmas, but the shopping has got to go. Here's why. Warning: This will be a rant of near-epic proportions .
  去你的，都是骗子！我喜欢圣诞节，但购物可就免了吧。我来说说原因。事先声明：我这文章长度可快和史诗差不多了。

权威例句

• But there is more than a hint of humbug in the extravagant denunciations of Japanese military aggression that sometimes emanate from Beijing.
  FORBES: Hillary is Wasting her Time, and America's, on a Fool's Errand

词组短语

短语

• Humbug Mountain 汉姆山
• whitespotted humbug 三斑宅泥鱼
• Humbug Dascyllus 三间雀
• Humbug Production 虚构的生产函数
• Mint humbug 硬薄荷糖

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (DISHONESTY) dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people
• (SWEET) a hard sweet, usually with a mint taste and strips of two different colours on the outside