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claptrap

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++clap·trap /ˈklæptræp/ noun [uncountable]  informalUNTRUE talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge 无知的废话,傻话 romantic claptrap 情意绵绵的傻话
Examples from the Corpus
claptrapBut what happens when the right-wing minority decides that they've had enough of this liberal claptrap about integration?Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious claptrap.Sentimental claptrap, Luce scolded herself.The rest of the claptrap is just social control.What is all this claptrap about a classless society and a citizens charter?
Origin claptrap (1800-1900) claptrap something intended to make the people watching a show clap ((18-19 centuries))
clap·trap nounChineseSyllable
shows is that or talk a lack of knowledge stupid Corpus


claptrap
claptrap /ˈklæptræp/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: claptrap __something intended to make the people watching a show clap__ (18-19 centuries)
informal talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge:
    romantic claptrap


clap·trapBrE /ˈklæptræp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklæptræp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (informal) stupid talk that has no value 无聊的蠢话;废话