a cockamamie [noun]
He came up with a cockamamie scheme to get rich quick.
他想出了一个快速致富的荒唐计划。
微不足道
ludicrous; foolish
微不足道
Trifling.
He came up with a cockamamie excuse for being late, and nobody believed it.
他编了一个荒诞可笑的迟到借口,没人相信。
用法提示:cockamamie 作定语形容词修饰 excuse,表示荒诞可笑的。
Don't listen to that cockamamie plan; it will never work.
别听那个荒谬的计划,它根本行不通。
用法提示:此处 cockamamie 是形容词,修饰 plan,意为不可信的。
The movie's plot is so cockamamie that I laughed through the whole thing.
这部电影的情节太荒唐了,我笑了一整场。
用法提示:cockamamie 作表语形容词,描述 plot 荒诞可笑。
He came up with a cockamamie scheme to get rich quick.
他想出了一个快速致富的荒唐计划。
The whole idea is cockamamie.
整个想法都是荒诞可笑的。
Her story seems cockamamie to me.
她的故事在我看来很不可信。
grammar · medium
易错句子He came up with a cockamamie.
正确表达He came up with a cockamamie plan.
cockamamie 是形容词,不能单独作名词使用,需要后接名词或放在系动词后作表语。
grammar · medium
易错句子I've heard many cockamamies today.
正确表达I've heard many cockamamie stories today.
cockamamie 没有名词复数形式,作为形容词不能加 -s,应修饰名词 stories。
形容荒诞时相近,但cockeyed还可指物理上的歪斜或醉醺醺的状态
cockamamie是形容词,意为荒诞可笑;baloney是名词,意为胡扯,二者词性不同
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