Word
cockamamie
/ˈkɒkə,meɪmɪ/
adjective
荒诞可笑的；不可信的
ludicrous; foolish
- 1.
Trifling.
微不足道
微不足道
In use
He came up with a cockamamie excuse for being late, and nobody believed it.
Don't listen to that cockamamie plan; it will never work.
The movie's plot is so cockamamie that I laughed through the whole thing.
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。
be cockamamie
The whole idea is cockamamie.
整个想法都是荒诞可笑的。
seem/appear cockamamie
Her story seems cockamamie to me.
她的故事在我看来很不可信。
Common mistakes
He came up with a cockamamie.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。
I've heard many cockamamies today.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。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- cockamamies
- plural
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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