claptrap

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈklæpˌtɹæp/    美 /ˈklæpˌtɹæp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Empty verbiage or nonsense. countable,uncountable
    — Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
  2. A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters. countable,historical,uncountable
  3. A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug. countable,uncountable
    — There had been a suggestion that the child should be with her [while she answers the door], but the mother herself had rejected this. "It would be stagey," she had said, "and clap-trap. There is nothing I hate so much as that."

词形变化

claptraps plural clap trap alternative clap-trap alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
claptrappery claptrappy

词源

Theater slang, c. 1730, from clap + trap, referring to theatrical techniques or gags used to incite applause.
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