| 单词 | 空话 |
| 释义 | 〔bunk〕Empty talk; nonsense.空话；胡言乱语〔debunk〕One can readily see thatdebunk is constructed from the prefix de-, meaning "to remove,” and the wordbunk. But what is the origin of the wordbunk, denoting the nonsense that is to be removed? Bunk came from a place where much bunk has originated, the United States Congress.During the 16th Congress (1819-1821) Felix Walker, a representative from western North Carolina whose district included Buncombe County, continued on with a dull speech in the face of protests by his colleagues.Walker replied he had felt obligated "to make a speech for Buncombe.”Such a masterful symbol for empty talk could not be ignored by the speakers of the language,andBuncombe, actually spelled Bunkum in its first recorded appearance in 1828 and later shortened tobunk, became synonymous with claptrap. The response to all this bunk seems to have been delayed,fordebunk is not recorded until 1923. 可以很容易地看出debunk 是由前缀 de-， 表“去掉”和单词bunk 构成的。 可是单词bunk 表示“要除去的无稽之谈”的含意的起源是什么呢? Bunk 来自美国国会，一个产生大量空话、假话的地方。在第16届国会期间(1819-1821年），一个来自北卡罗来纳州西部（其区域包括邦克姆县）的代表费列克斯·沃尔克面对其同僚们的抗议，而进行持续冗长枯燥的演讲，沃尔克说他有责任“为邦克姆发表演说”。这种说空话的杰作是不会被说英语的人忽视的。Buncombe 实际上在1828年第一次被记载时拼作 Bunkum ， 后来缩写成Bunk 并成为 claptrap 的同义词。 对这空话的反应似乎被耽搁了，因为debunk 直到1923年才被记录下来 〔talk〕Empty speech or unnecessary discussion:空话，不必要的讨论：〔bunkum〕Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.空话，废话；哗众取宠的言语〔glossolalia〕Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes.捏造的空话：捏造的无意义的言语，尤指恍惚或精神分裂综合症状态下的言语〔claptrap〕Pretentious, insincere, or empty language.See Synonyms at bombast 哗众取宠的空话：华而不实的、庸俗的或空洞的语言 参见 bombast〔verbalism〕Abundant use of words without conveying much meaning.空话，套话：大量地使用言辞却不含有什么意思〔palaver〕Talk intended to charm or beguile.谎言，空话：使人误解或诱人上当的话〔talk〕much talk and no action.光有一大堆空话而无实际行动〔mouthing〕A bombastic or empty phrase or speech. Often used in the plural:夸夸其谈：空话或言过其实的话语或词组，通常用作复数：〔twaddle〕Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.蠢话，废话：空话、傻话或无意义的话的谈话〔malarkey〕Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive:空话，胡说：夸大性的或愚蠢的言语，通常是为了欺骗人： |
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