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a crock of [something]
名词用法：crock 指陶制罐子，多用来装食物或液体。
She took a crock of pickles out of the cellar.
她从地窖里拿出一罐泡菜。
胡扯；胡说；蠢话
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胡扯；胡说；蠢话
nonsense; foolish talk
She took a crock of pickles out of the cellar.
她从地窖里拿出一罐泡菜。
一种粗陶或陶土制的罐子或储物容器。
A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
燃烧产生的松散黑色颗粒,如锅壶或烟囱上的烟灰；煤烟。
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
破碎陶器的一块碎片。
A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
从布上擦下的颜色物质。
Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
He said the train was late, but I'm sure that's a crock.
他说火车晚点了，但我确信那是胡说。
The advertisement says this phone is unbreakable, which sounds like a crock to me.
广告说这款手机摔不坏，在我看来这像是一派胡言。
My brother claims he saw a UFO last night, but I'm pretty sure it's a crock.
我哥哥声称昨晚看到了不明飞行物，但我相当确定那是瞎说。
名词用法：crock 指陶制罐子，多用来装食物或液体。
She took a crock of pickles out of the cellar.
她从地窖里拿出一罐泡菜。
名词用法，非正式口语，表示某说法荒唐、不可信。
His story is a crock.
他的说法是胡扯。
动词用法，指劣质染色织物磨擦时掉色。
This cheap shirt crocks when it rubs against white fabric.
这件廉价衬衫蹭到白色织物时会掉色。
Not this
That's crock. I don't believe you.
Use this
That's a crock. I don't believe you.
crock 表示“胡扯、谎话”时是可数名词，单数前需要不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a。
Not this
This shirt is crock.
Use this
This shirt crocks.
crock 作动词表示“摩擦掉色”时是不及物动词，不能用作形容词。描述衣物掉色应直接使用动词 crock 的第三人称单数形式，而不是 is + crock。
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一派胡言；胡说
That story is a crock — nobody will believe it.
那个故事是一派胡言——没人会相信。
慢炖锅；电炖锅
She put the stew in a crock pot and let it simmer all day.
她把炖菜放进慢炖锅，让它炖了一天。
陶罐；瓦罐
The clay crock on the shelf is full of preserved lemons.
架子上的陶罐里装满了腌柠檬。
耐摩擦色牢度
The fabric failed the crocking fastness test after only a few rubs.
这块织物仅摩擦几次就没通过耐摩擦色牢度测试。
胡说八道；一派胡言
He said he was too sick to come, but that's a crock — I saw him at the store.
他说他病得不能来，但那是胡说八道——我在商店看到他了。
一罐金子；巨大财富
They left their jobs to chase a crock of gold abroad.
他们辞职去国外追求巨大财富。
老朽；破旧的人或物（英式口语）
That old crock broke down on the motorway again.
那辆破旧的老爷车又在高速公路上抛锚了。
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陶罐(crock)摔碎成碎瓦片；罐子却说不是自己碎的——那就是胡扯(crock)。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、朋友聊天、评论荒谬说法 这个义项为非正式口语用法，通常在日常对话中表示‘胡说、蠢话’，带有否定或轻蔑语气，如 “That’s a crock.”。正式写作或学术场合应避免使用。
Rock、sock、lock、shock 和 stock 与 crock 押韵（/ɒk/）。Croak 看起来相似，但发音为 /krəʊk/，元音不同，因此不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.