humbug

Các nghĩa

1. trò đùa, trò bịp

   A hoax, jest, or prank.

   countable · slang

   It's all just humbug.

   "Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"

   My profession? Poet and humbug.

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.

   He means that he has sold out to the parliamentary humbugs and the bourgeoisie. Compromise! that is his faith.

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

Dạng khác

• humbugs plural