cobblers是什么意思？

cobblers

英['kɒbləz] 美['kɒbləz]

• n. <俚>胡说，废话，酥皮水果馅饼( cobbler的名词复数 )，修鞋匠，胡说，废话；

例句

• The idea that greens are good for you is a load of cobblers. 青菜对人体有益的说法是一派胡言。
• He said it was all a load of cobblers. 他说那完全是一派胡言。
• Even three common cobblers can surpass Zhuge Liang the Mastermind. 三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮.
• These guys talk an awful load of old cobblers. 这些人纯粹是胡说八道。
• The idea that greens are good for you is a load of cobblers... 青菜对人体有益的说法是一派胡言。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  鞋匠
  A cobbler is a person whose job is to make or mend shoes.
• N-UNCOUNT
  胡说;废话
  If you describe something that someone has just said as cobblers, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
  例句
  The idea that greens are good for you is a load of cobblers... 青菜对人体有益的说法是一派胡言。 These guys talk an awful load of old cobblers. 这些人纯粹是胡说八道。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. nonsense;
  "I think that is a load of cobblers"
  2. a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)