old wives' tale 详细解释

old wives' tale

[.əuld'waivz.teil]

n. (尤指老妇人所持的)愚蠢的迷信, 无稽之谈

词义辨析

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superstition  

英英释义

名词 old witch grass:

North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land

同义词：witchgrass, witch grass, old witchgrass, tumble grass, Panicum capillare

补充

old wives' taleold wives' talen.1.无稽之谈,愚蠢的故事

例句

1. Ann Bradley dispels the old wives' tales and gives the medical facts.安•布拉德利消除迷信说法, 提出医学证据。 2. This is one of many long-standing old wives' tales about cats.这是许多流传已久的有关猫的无稽之谈之一。 3. Frogs won't give you warts. That's just an old wives' tale.青蛙不会让你皮肤生疣。那只是无稽之谈。 4. the old wives' tale about the full moon causing people to act crazy满月会使人疯狂的无稽之谈

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