skimble-skamble

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/    美 /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense. uncountable
    — Did you read his skimble-skamble about * * being at the head of his own profession, in the eyes of those who followed it?
形容词 adj.
  1. Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless. not-comparable
    — [S]ometime he angers me / With telling me of the Mouldwarp and the Ant, / Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies, / And of a Dragon and a finles fiſh, / A clipwingd Griffin and a molten rauen, / A couching Leon and a ramping Cat, / And ſuch a deale of skimble ſcamble ſtuffe / As puts me from my faith.

词形变化

skimble-scamble alternative

词源

词源 1
Reduplication of scamble (“to move about pushing and jostling, struggle for place or possession, scramble; to mangle”). The term was popularized by William Shakespeare’s use of it in the play Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597): see the quotation.
词源 2
Reduplication of scamble (“to move about pushing and jostling, struggle for place or possession, scramble; to mangle”). The term was popularized by William Shakespeare’s use of it in the play Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597): see the quotation.
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