Word
cockamamie
/ˈkɒkə,meɪmɪ/
adjective
荒诞可笑的;不可信的
核心释义
ludicrous; foolish
- 1.
微不足道
Trifling.
微不足道
用法In use
He came up with a cockamamie excuse for being late, and nobody believed it.
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.
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.
用法提示:cockamamie 作表语形容词,描述 plot 荒诞可笑。
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。
常见错误Common mistakes
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。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- cockamamies
- plural
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