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单词 hooey
释义
hooey
noun[U]
USinformal
uk
/ˈhuː.i/us
/ˈhuː.i/
something that is nottrueor does not makesense,althoughsomepeoplemaybelieveit:
胡说八道，胡言
Hebasicallysays that thetheoryis all hooey.他说这个理论根本就是胡说八道。
That'sabunchofhooey.那是一派胡言。
More examples
  • Alternativemedicine? Much of it is hooeybasedonextravagantclaims.
  • He's anarchaeologistwho is anexpertinrootingouthistoricalhooey.
  • It maysoundlike abunchof hooey, but if ithelpsreducepain, do you reallycare?
  • It'spoorlywrittensentimentalhooey.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Nonsense
  • a crock (of shit)idiom
  • babble
  • balderdash
  • balls
  • baloney
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blather
  • blither
  • double-talk
  • doublespeak
  • drivel
  • eyewash
  • flapdoodle
  • moonshine
  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsense
  • nonsensical
  • piffle
  • rhubarb
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(Definition ofhooeyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhooey

hooey
I did not call the chalkpit rules "allhooey".
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Yet this is the "ruddyhooey" that they concentrate on.
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Of course, that was just so muchhooey.
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All that ishooey; it is simply a demobilisation to the level of barrack and married quarters accommodation.
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The 200,000 or more people who take part in hunting know that his animal welfare arguments arehooey.
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It is hypocriticalhooeyto talk about pay beds and other fringe activities in this context.
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But a great deal of this is "hooey".
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That shows the "hooey"of this"ruddy" games nonsense.
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He too is living in a fool's paradise if he thinks that the people of this country are accepting thehooeyhe is putting over at the present time.
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We believe that is all "hooey".
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It is all a load ofhooey.
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Hooeyviewed the military rose festival as incorporating traditional spring festivals of vegetative deities.
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But the story we tell is loaded with all sorts ofhooeyand fun kind of scavenger-hunt-type nonsense.
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They want just enough intelligence-agencyhooeyto make the unbelievable seem somewhat real.
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