| 词汇 | tomfoolery |
| 释义 | tomfoolery noun[ U ] old-fashioneduk /ˌtɒmˈfuː.lər.i/ us /ˌtɑːmˈfuː.lɚ.i/ silly behaviour, especially done as a joke（常有玩闹性质的）愚蠢行为；胡闹 See also fooleryold-fashioned Stupid and silly behaviour antics buffoonery dottiness dumbness fatuousness foolishness frivolousness fruit loopery game idiocy lark ludicrousness madness mindlessness oafishness obtuseness screwball stupidity the games (that) people playidiom vacuousness tomfoolery | American Dictionarytomfoolery noun[ U ] us/tɑmˈfu·lə·ri/ foolish, often playful, behavior Examples of tomfoolerytomfoolery Especially apt to bring out the teeth in children is tomfoolery. It is the ordinary people who are unemployed and who want houses who are being harmed by this tomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present degree of tomfoolery that is going on within the authorities in their interpretation of the improvement grant system must be stopped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As soon as they thought they were safe, they started to give us the tomfoolery that we have had this week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not insurance; it is sheer tomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Precisely who is responsible for all this tomfoolery? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If those figures are accurate, why is this tomfoolery of bread rationing continued? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have no nonsense about it being a bit of tomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of this bit of tomfoolery, the police got active. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he look into that sort of tomfoolery? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the height of nonsense and tomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we cannot afford to give to the men and women in the gutter, we cannot afford tomfoolery of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it has been said that it will lead to a combination of elaborate statistical tomfoolery and political manipulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It should not indulge in this dangerous tomfoolery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a charge of tomfoolery, we are entitled to ask: who were the guilty men? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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