cobblers

英 [ˈkɒbləz]

美 [ˈkɑblərz]

n.  酥皮水果馅饼; 修鞋匠; 胡说; 废话
cobbler的复数

柯林斯词典

• 鞋匠
  Acobbleris 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 ascobblers, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
  1. 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。
  2. These guys talk an awful load of old cobblers.
     这些人纯粹是胡说八道。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• No more apple cobblers? That's a good thing?
  在没有苹果甜点吃了？这是好事吗？
• Tom said," Our team is going to win."―" What a load of old cobblers," Jack replied," they are no good at all!"
  汤姆说：“这回我们队准赢。”―“真是胡说，”杰克回答说：“你们队根本不行！”
• Three cobblers equal Zhuge Liang.
  三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
• Now cobblers are getting in on the act.
  现在制鞋品牌们也纷纷加入这一行列。
• The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould* The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.
  皇帝和鞋匠的灵魂都是一个模子铸就，邻里纠纷的起因也和王子们相互征讨的缘由别无二致。