cant
noun[U]
uk/kænt/us/kænt/statements,especiallyonreligiousormoralsubjects, that are notsincerelybelievedby thepersonmaking them:
(尤指关于宗教或道德话题的)假话,空话,伪善言语Shelley'sfriendshipwith Byron wasrootedintheirsharedcontemptfor cant andhypocrisy.雪莱和拜伦的友谊源于他们均蔑视假话空话和伪善行为。
specialwords used by aparticulargroupofpeoplesuch asthieves,lawyers, orpriests, often inordertokeepthingssecret
行话,黑话,隐语Nonsense
- babble
- balderdash
- balls
- baloney
- bilge
- blah
- blather
- blither
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- drivel
- eyewash
- flapdoodle
- garbage
- moonshine
- mumbo jumbo
- nonsense
- nonsensical
- piffle
- rhubarb
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