tomfoolery

[.tɔm'fu:ləri]

n. 愚蠢的举动, 愚蠢

例句与用法：

In place of the scholarly tome that many people expected of him, Mr White has produced a polemic, and not a very good one at that. As the woman said, we are not amused.

怀特先生出版了一本并非人们所期待的博学的大部头，而是一本有争议的不是太好的小作品。正如这位妇女所说，我们对这很冷淡。

Don't name the place tome.

别跟我提起那个地方。

A commercial book, not a scholarly tome.

一本以赚钱为目的而不是学术性的书籍

`How dare you speak tome like that?' he thundered.

｀你竟敢这样跟我说话?＇他喝道。

词形变化：

名词复数: tomfooleries |

详细释义：

n.

1. 愚蠢的举动; 蠢事

There was a lot of tomfoolery in the class when the teacher stepped out.

老师一走, 教室里就闹翻了天。

2. 无聊之事(或物)