| 词汇 | hokum |
| 释义 | hokum noun[ U ] mainly USinformaluk /ˈhəʊ.kəm/ us /ˈhoʊ.kəm/ a film, play, or television programme that does not show life as it really is: （电影、戏剧或电视节目）不现实的，胡编乱造的，低劣的 As a whole the series was never less than watchable - hokum, perhaps, but entertaining.整体上来说，这部系列剧还是有些看头的——或许有些胡编乱造，但还是挺有意思的。 Types of film, play, book etc. action thriller adaptation Afrofuturism allegorical anime bodice-ripper boy-meets-girl director's cut noir non-documentary non-literary one-shot paean parody potboiler psychological sequel stream of consciousness tragicomedy weepy hokum | American Dictionaryhokum noun[ U ] us/ˈhoʊ·kəm/ nonsense: This report on the causes of crime is pure hokum. Examples of hokumhokum This particular piece of hokum is still invoked today and is frequently trundled out as one of the reasons why academic organicists fail to embrace scientific and statistical methodology. To my mind, that is so much hokum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this hokum about whether people should or should not pay their bills is irrelevant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this was all scientific hokum, and no investigation of it was made as it should have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As usual, the theatre has lavished a lot of wealth and talent on this hokum. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gittins ended his review classifying the band as a complete hokum and yet oddly enjoyable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hokum enjoyed the license to be outrageous, since the clowning was purportedly all in fun. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She's playing with a bag of clichs, but she's so plucky and likable, you overlook the hokum. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Admirers of hokum warmed to its slyness and the seeming innocence that provided a context for simplistic shenanigans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While hokum mocked the propriety of polite society, the presumptions and pretensions of the parodists were simultaneous targets of the humor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the rural south in particular, hokum held on. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When you're performing this hokum, you need a heavyweight cast to give it credibility. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite the hokum dished out, the actors concerned turn in creditable performances. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You're writing horror epics when the audience has become increasingly numbed by cinematic hokum and stale ideas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hershfield's enthusiastic kidding of this sort of cliffhanger hokum did little to sour the public on its conventions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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