| 释义 |
[/ˏmʌmbəu ˈdʒʌmbəu; ˋmʌmboˋdʒʌmbo/] n [U] (infml derog 口, 贬) 用法:
1 complicated but meaningless ritual 繁琐而无意义的仪式; 繁文缛节:
go through the mumbo-jumbo of joining a secret society 参加秘密社团要履行复杂繁琐的仪式. 用法:
2 meaningless or unnecessarily complicated language 无意义的或过於艰涩的语言:
These government forms are full of such mumbo-jumbo, I can't understand them at all. 政府的这些表格中净是些晦涩的词, 我一点都看不懂. |