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单词 flummery
释义

flummery

/ˈflʌmərɪ/
noun
(pl. -ies) [mass noun]
1
empty compliments; nonsense
空洞的恭维话; 废话:

she hated the flummery of public relations.

她讨厌公关活动的空洞恭维。

2
a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavourings
蛋奶甜点心。
词源
early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig 'soft, slippery'.
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