| 词汇 | woo-woo |
| 释义 | woo-woo adjective mainly USinformaluk /ˈwuː.wuː/ us /ˈwuː.wuː/ based on false beliefs or imaginary things, rather than reason or scientific knowledge: 假的，想象出来的，空穴来风的 This treatment sounds sort of woo-woo, but it actually does work.这种治疗方法听起来有点假，但实际上确实有效。 I’m not gonna give you some pep talk or a “woo-woo” solution to your problem. It's interesting that so many people today are abandoning "traditional" religions, but replace them with some woo-woo, new age mumbo jumbo. "I became a believer when I could see the results," she said. "It wasn't just woo-woo stuff." She acknowledges this might sound "woo-woo" but said it's grounded in science, and she certainly does not oppose conventional medicine. If that sounds a little woo-woo, consider this: In a Harvard University study, hypnotized subjects were led to believe they were experiencing pain, and researchers discovered that the same areas of the brain reacted as if the pain were real. True, real, false, and unreal actual actuality actually all that glitters is not goldidiom alternate reality false false flag falsely fantastical fever dream non-realistic not so muchidiom nothing could be further from the truthidiom nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom parallel universe unproven unreal untrue untruly unverifiable woo-woo noun[ U ] informaluk /ˈwuː.wuː/ us /ˈwuː.wuː/ ideas or methods that are based on false beliefs or imaginary things, rather than reason or scientific knowledge: （不科学的）想象出来的办法；空穴来风的想法 This is not evidence-based medicine, this is woo-woo.这不是循证医学，这是臆想。 He devotes himself to battling woo-woo and pseudoscience. Before you dismiss this as woo-woo, look at the results. She believes in tarot cards, astrology, all that woo-woo. True, real, false, and unreal actual actuality actually all that glitters is not goldidiom alternate reality false false flag falsely fantastical fever dream non-realistic not so muchidiom nothing could be further from the truthidiom nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom parallel universe unproven unreal untrue untruly unverifiable Examples of woo-woowoo-woo With its near-oppressive length, erratic changes, and woo-woo lyrics, the quasi-medieval anthem was a perfect choice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The male emits a booming, woo-woo sound from his throat sac and struts around to attract a female. 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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