(noun.) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive.

(verb.) trick or deceive.

伊娃手打

• A good housewife is of necessity a humbug; and Cornelia's husband was hoodwinked, as Potiphar was--only in a different way. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Fortified by such encouragement, he could venture to say Humbug; and now Bar's mind was relieved. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Platonically--theoretically--all humbug! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I ain't going to have any of this dam sentimental nonsense and humbug here, sir, the father cried out. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The tons of sentiment I have wasted on that unprincipled humbug in my ignorance! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But come, now--as between man and man--without humbug--a little capital might enable me to make a first-rate thing of the shop. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He would have it, the medical profession was an inevitable system of humbug. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Said the infant negroes were little humbugs,' repeated Mrs. Weller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That's one of your red republican humbugs, Augustine! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Little humbugs,' replied Mr. Stiggins, deeply affected. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• What a refreshing set of humbugs we are, to be sure, ain't we, my sweet child? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Well; all sorts of humbugs profess morality. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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