a cockamamy + noun
最常用于修饰 plan、scheme、idea、excuse 等名词,含贬义。
He came up with a cockamamy scheme to get rich overnight.
他想出了一个荒唐的暴富计划。
愚蠢的;傻的
微不足道的;琐碎的;微不足道的,无关紧要的。;<美><俚>荒唐可笑的;蹩脚的
愚蠢的,傻的。
foolish, silly
微不足道的,无关紧要的。
trifling
That cockamamy plan to build a bridge out of toothpicks was never going to work.
那个用牙签造桥的荒唐计划根本行不通。
用法提示:cockamamy 作形容词,修饰 plan,表示计划荒唐可笑。
He told a cockamamy story about being kidnapped by aliens, but nobody believed him.
他讲了一个关于被外星人绑架的蹩脚故事,但没人相信他。
用法提示:cockamamy 作形容词,修饰 story,表示故事低劣、不可信。
The movie's special effects were so cockamamy that the audience laughed instead of being scared.
这部电影的特效太蹩脚了,观众非但没被吓到,反而笑了起来。
用法提示:cockamamy 作形容词,修饰 special effects,表示特效质量低劣。
最常用于修饰 plan、scheme、idea、excuse 等名词,含贬义。
He came up with a cockamamy scheme to get rich overnight.
他想出了一个荒唐的暴富计划。
作表语时多与 sound、seem 等系动词连用。
Her explanation sounds cockamamy to everyone in the room.
她的解释在屋里所有人听来都很荒唐。
可用 totally、completely 等副词加强语气。
The whole plan is totally cockamamy.
整个计划完全荒唐。
grammar · medium
易错句子That's a cockamamy.
正确表达That's cockamamy.
cockamamy 只作形容词,不能直接充当名词受不定冠词 a 修饰;去掉 a 后作表语,句子才成立,意思是“那是愚蠢的”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He explained the rule cockamamy.
正确表达He explained the rule in a cockamamy way.
explain 是实义动词,须用副词或介词短语作状语;cockamamy 是形容词,不能直接修饰动词,应改为 in a cockamamy way。
cockamamy 是非正式用词,多形容想法、计划或借口荒唐得离谱,常带滑稽感;absurd 更正式、语气更重,可广泛修饰行为、局面或说法,强调违背常理。
harebrained 强调计划或想法欠考虑、冒失,常和 scheme/idea 连用;cockamamy 更强调荒唐可笑、难以置信,不一定含有鲁莽冒险的意思。
half-baked 侧重想法或计划还没想清楚、准备不足;cockamamy 侧重计划本身荒唐离谱,往往已经成形但仍不可信。两者都非正式,常修饰 idea/plan/scheme。
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