malarkey

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /məˈlɑːki/    美 /məˈlɑɹki/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nonsense; rubbish. informal
    — I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

词形变化

malarkeys plural,rare malachy alternative malarky alternative mallarky alternative mullarkey alternative

词源

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.
Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)
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