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humbug

B2 noun

Các nghĩa

  1. trò đùa, trò bịp

    A hoax, jest, or prank.

    countable · slang

  2. sự lừa dối, đạo đức giả

    A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.

    countable · slang

  3. kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ đạo đức giả

    A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.

    countable · slang

    All poets are humbugs, all literary men are humbugs; directly a man begins to sell his feelings for money he’s a humbug.

  4. chuyện vô nghĩa

    Nonsense.

    slang · uncountable

  5. kẹo bạc hà sọc

    A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.

    uk · countable

    […] and if Albert Dykes wasn't sucking a mint humbug, my nose is not what it is and always has been.

  6. chuyện rắc rối, hiểu lầm

    Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.

    us · countable · slang

  7. vụ ẩu đả

    A fight.

    us · countable · slang

  8. vụ bắt oan

    A false arrest on trumped-up charges.

    us · countable · slang

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