[mass noun]deceptive or false talk or behaviour
诡计,花招;骗人的话
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his comments are sheer humbug .他的评论完全是骗人的。
[count noun]a hypocrite
伪君子
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you see what a humbug I am .你看我是多么虚伪的一个人。
〈英〉 (尤指薄荷味的)硬糖。
deceive; trick
欺骗;哄骗
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poor Dave is easily humbugged. 可怜的戴夫很容易被骗。
[no obj.]
〈旧〉 行骗。
" mid 18th cent. (in the senses ‘hoax, trick' and ‘deceiver’): of unknown origin. "