word salad
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈwɜːd ˌsæl.əd/us/ˈwɜ˞ːd ˌsæl.əd/amixtureof words orphrasesthat isconfusedanddifficulttounderstand:
语词杂拌(指说话前言不搭后语)Yourexplanationis apompouswordsalad, withabsolutelynomeaning.你的解释不过是一堆浮夸的辞藻胡乱堆砌在一起,完全没有意义。
Speechdisorganizationcaninvolvewordsblendedtogether intoincomprehensiblestatements, alsoknownas wordsalad.言语紊乱会出现词语混杂在一起,形成难以理解的语句,也称“语词杂拌”。
- Hespatout anangrystretchof wordsalad.
- It's hard totellwhat they're saying. It's justtotalwordsalad.
- Hespeaksin wordsaladsthat never getanywhere.
Nonsense
- a crock (of shit)idiom
- babble
- balderdash
- balls
- baloney
- bilge
- blah
- blather
- blither
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- drivel
- eyewash
- flapdoodle
- malarkey
- moonshine
- mumbo jumbo
- nonsense
- nonsensical
- rhubarb
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