fustian

• 一种质地厚实坚韧、表面有短绒毛的棉织物，常用于制衣；也比喻浮夸、做作或华而不实的言辞或文章。

A noun referring to a type of thick, durable cotton fabric with a short nap, often used for clothing; also used figuratively to describe pompous or pretentious speech or writing.

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1. Thick clothC2formalbritish

   A thick, strong cloth made of cotton and flax, often used for clothing in the past.

   棉麻厚布

   • The tailor used fustian to make durable work trousers.
   • In the 19th century, fustian was popular among laborers.
   • The museum displayed a coat made of fustian from the 1700s.

2. Pompous languageC2formal

   Pretentious, bombastic, or inflated speech or writing.

   浮夸的语言

   • His speech was full of fustian and lacked real substance.
   • The critic dismissed the novel as mere fustian.
   • Politicians often resort to fustian to impress their audience.

   同义词blusterbombastclaptrapgrandiloquencemagniloquencepomposityrantturgidity

   反义词concisenessdirectnessplainnesssimplicity