hokum

[US]/'həʊkəm/
[UK]/'hokəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ナンセンス、無駄話、ゴミ
Word Forms
複数形hokums

Phrases & Collocations

pure hokum

純粋な嘘

detective hokum

探偵の嘘

Example Sentences

detecting hokum in the salesman's pitch

販売員の口車を見抜く

the movie was full of hokum

その映画は胡散臭いものでいっぱいだった

she saw through his hokum

彼女は彼の胡散臭さを見抜いた

the article was filled with hokum

その記事は胡散臭いもので溢れていた

the politician's speech was pure hokum

その政治家の演説は純粋な胡散臭さだった

the book was dismissed as hokum

その本は胡散臭いものとして却下された

the so-called miracle cure was nothing but hokum

いわゆる奇跡の治療法は胡散臭いものに過ぎなかった

the conspiracy theory was just hokum

その陰謀論はただの胡散臭さだった

he tried to pass off his lies as hokum

彼は自分の嘘を胡散臭いものとして扱おうとした

the psychic's predictions were nothing but hokum

その霊能者の予言は胡散臭いものに過ぎなかった

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