bunkum

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bun·kum /ˈbʌŋkəm/ noun [uncountable] UNTRUEbunk 瞎说，废话

Examples from the Corpus

bunkum• That is so much bunkum, as every Labour Member knows.Origin bunkum (1800-1900) Buncombe county in North Carolina, whose congressman in 1820 made a long pointless speech to impress the voters there

bun·kum nounChineseSyllable

Corpus bunk

bunkum
bun‧kum /ˈbʌŋkəm/

noun [uncountable]

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Buncombe county in North Carolina, whose congressman in 1820 made a long pointless speech to impress the voters there

bunk

bun·kum

BrE

/ˈbʌŋkəm/

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NAmE

/ˈbʌŋkəm/

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noun

[uncountable]

(

old-fashioned,

informal

)

nonsense 废话；瞎话

SYN

bunk