codswallop
codswallop 英 [ˈkɒdzwɒləp] 美 [ˈkɑdzwɑləp]
n. 废话，一派胡言
名词复数:codswallops
- Codswallop is nonsense or silliness. If you're hoping for an A on your paper, it's disappointing to get a D and a note from your teacher saying, "This is a bunch of codswallop!"
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- n. 废话，一派胡言
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1. He's talking (a load of) codswallop.
他（满口）胡说八道。
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2. And it's codswallop to boot. Dirty blood.
还有另一种胡言乱语，肮脏的血液。
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3. codswallop, in my opinion. Nope, I reckon he's out there still too tirend to carry on.
但依我看是胡说八道，不，我想他还躲在某个地方。
- codswallop (n.) said to be from 19c. (but first attested 1959), perhaps from wallop, British slang for "beer," and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps "testicles" (a 1966 citation in OED spells it cod's wallop).
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