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humbugs

/ˈhʌmbʌɡz/

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noun

骗局，恶作剧。

A hoax, jest, or prank.

Examples :

"The kids played harmless humbugs on each other during the class party, like switching name tags and hiding pencils. "

孩子们在班级聚会上互相开一些无伤大雅的恶作剧，比如调换名牌和藏起铅笔。

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noun

骗局，虚伪。

A fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).

Examples :

"The politician's promises turned out to be just empty humbugs, designed to win votes. "

那位政客的承诺结果只是为了赢得选票的骗人鬼话，根本就是虚伪的。

moral character attitude

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noun

骗子，伪君子，江湖骗子

A fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.

Examples :

"The new student was quickly identified as a humbug, as his stories about winning awards were clearly fabricated. "

那个新来的学生很快就被识破是个江湖骗子，因为他说的那些获奖故事明显是编造的。

character person moral

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noun

胡说，废话。

Examples :

""I don't believe a word of it; those excuses are just humbugs." "

我一个字都不信；那些借口纯粹是胡说八道。

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noun

薄荷硬糖，条纹糖。

A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.

Examples :

"After dinner, Grandma always offers us humbugs from a glass jar on the table. "

晚饭后，奶奶总是从桌子上的玻璃罐子里拿出薄荷硬糖给我们吃。

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noun

骗局，胡说八道。

Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.

Examples :

"Dealing with all the little humbugs of filing paperwork after my doctor's appointment made me late for work. "

处理完医生预约后那些繁琐的、令人烦恼的报销文件，让我上班迟到了。

attitude character emotion situation negative thing

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noun

打架，争斗.

(African American Vernacular) A fight.

Examples :

""After school, there were some humbugs behind the gym, but the teachers broke it up." "

放学后，体育馆后面有人打架，但被老师们制止了。

action war society

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noun

团伙，帮派.

(African American Vernacular) A gang.

Examples :

"The humbugs were causing trouble in the neighborhood, tagging buildings and starting fights. "

那伙帮派在社区里惹是生非，到处乱涂乱画，还挑起争端。

group organization society

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noun

冤假错案，诬告陷害。

A false arrest on trumped-up charges.

Examples :

"The protesters claimed the recent arrests were humbugs, designed to silence their dissent. "

抗议者声称，最近的逮捕是冤假错案，是旨在压制他们异议的诬告陷害。

police law government

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noun

野猪崽，野猪幼崽

(Perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.

Examples :

"While hiking in the forest, we spotted a group of wild boars with several humbugs trailing behind them. "

在森林里徒步的时候，我们看到一群野猪，后面跟着几只野猪崽。

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verb

欺骗, 诈骗，哄骗.

To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.

Examples :

"The used car salesman tried to humbug me by saying the engine was brand new when it clearly wasn't. "

那个二手车销售想骗我，说发动机是全新的，但显然不是那么回事。

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verb

打架，逞能

(African American Vernacular) To fight; to act tough.

Examples :

""Don't even try to cut in line, cuz he'll humbugs you if you do." "

你可别想插队，你要是敢插队，他肯定会揍你的，还会跟你逞能。

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verb

闲扯，瞎扯。

To waste time talking.

Examples :

"Instead of working, the two colleagues humbugged for an hour about the latest office gossip. "

同事俩没干正事，闲扯了一个小时办公室里的最新八卦。

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