Fustian



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 空洞的话, 无意义的高调
• ［英］ n. 空洞的话, 无意义的高调 ( bombast; rant)
• ［例］ Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fustian, fustayn, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from fustis tree trunk, from Latin, stick, cudgel
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. a strong cotton and linen fabric
  • b. a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave
• 2. high-flown or affected writing or speech; broadly anything high-flown or affected in style
• ? fustian adjective

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