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mumbo jumboBrE /ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/NAmE /ˌmʌmboʊ ˈdʒʌmboʊ/ noun [U] (informal, disapproving) language or a ceremony that seems complicated and important but is actually without real sense or meaning; nonsense 繁琐严肃但无意义的语言(或仪式);繁文缛节;胡言乱语 Reduplicative words airy-fairy, argy-bargy, chit-chat, criss-cross, dilly-dally, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hoity-toity, hotchpotch, hurly-burly, itty-bitty, mumbo jumbo, mishmash, nitty-gritty, ping-pong, pitter-patter, shilly-shally, teeny-weeny, tittle-tattle, touchy-feely, wishy-washy |