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单词 fustian
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fustian

/ˈfʌstɪən/
noun
mass noun
1
thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours
纬起绒织物, 纬起毛织物。
2
pompous or pretentious speech or writing
浮夸(或自夸)的话(或文章):

a smokescreen of fustian and fantasy.

充斥了浮夸荒诞之词的障眼法。

词源
Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from (pannus) fustaneus 'cloth from Fostat', a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was 'padded'; compare with BOMBAST.
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