單詞
megillah
英 [m?'ɡ?l?]
美[m?'g?l?]
基本信息
- n. 復雜事情；冗長描述
英文詞源
- megillah (n.)
- "long, tedious, complicated story," 1957, from Yiddish (as in a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), literally "roll, scroll," collective name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read on certain feast days, from Hebrew meghillah, from galal "he rolled, unfolded." The slang use is in reference to the length of the text.
雙語例句
- 1. Just give me the facts, not a whole Megillah.
- 只要把事實告訴我, 不要作冗長復雜的解釋.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. He struggled through this megillah and nobody believed him.
- 他費了好大勁才結(jié)束了這又臭又長的講話,可沒有誰相信他的鬼話.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. He insisted on giving us the whole megillah.
- 他堅持為我們提供完整的描述.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
megillah相關單詞