flummery
flummery
[ˈflʌm(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
[ˈflʌm(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
- empty compliments; nonsense
空洞的恭维话；废话
she hated the flummery of public relations.
她讨厌公关活动的空洞恭维。 - a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavourings
蛋奶冻；牛奶麦片冻
- early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig 'soft, slippery'
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