balderdash

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. uncountable
    — Where, you cried in the name of Wonder, have you been able to gather together such an old fashioned Bundlement of Scientific Balderdash?
  2. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. archaic,uncountable
    — [T]hey would no more liue vnder the yoke of the Sea, or haue their heads waſht with his bubbly ſpume or Barbers balderdaſh, [...]
  3. Obscene language or writing. obsolete,uncountable
    — Trugge, therefore, (who has a foul mouth of his own, when he pleases) talked balderdash to Mrs. Sudberry, through the key-hole, which she did not answer, for, indeed, she seems a civil spoken woman, truly [...]
动词 v.
  1. To mix or adulterate. archaic
    — That which is made by the peasants, both red and white, is generally genuine: but the wine-merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeons dung and quick-lime.

词形变化

balderdashes present,singular,third-person balderdashing participle,present balderdashed participle,past balderdashed past

词源

词源 1
Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply.
词源 2
Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply.
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