double talk

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Doublespeak. uncountable
    — "Frammis on the Antispode": The doubletalk heading this paragraph takes the sting out of Mr. Ruark's comment, even if his gay colored foulard Sinatra bow tie didn't contradict his comment[.]
  2. Lies, especially in a formal political statement. uncountable
  3. Speech which combines English (or some other language) and native-sounding gibberish for humorous effect. uncountable
    — [Sid] Caesar's vaudeville format included burlesques—in the nineteenth-century meaning of parody—featuring silent-film and film noir send-ups; Italian opera produced in Caesar's ad-libbed, faux-Italian double-talk;[…]
  4. A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible. uncountable
  5. A situation when two people talk at the same time, causing overlapping audio signals. uncountable

词形变化

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词源

From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.
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