hot air

英 [ˌhɒt ˈeə(r)]

美 [ˌhɑːt ˈer]

n.  夸夸其谈; 大话; 空话

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牛津词典

noun

• 夸夸其谈；大话；空话
  claims, promises or statements that sound impressive but have no real meaning or truth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 空话;大话;夸夸其谈
  If you say that someone's claims or promises are justhot air, you are criticizing them because they are made mainly to impress people and have no real value or meaning.
  1. His justification for the merger was just hot air...
     他提出的合并理由只是空话连篇。
  2. I'd come to the conclusion by then that he was all hot air.
     我那时已得出结论，他只会夸夸其谈。

英英释义

noun

• loud and confused and empty talk
  1. mere rhetoric
  Synonym:palaverempty wordsempty talkrhetoric
• air that has been heated and tends to rise

双语例句

• He talked a lot of hot air.
  他说了许多大话。
• Atmospheric displacement The hot air condensed the steam.
  空气置换转化为蒸汽水蒸气凝结成了水珠。
• China's economy is going up like a hot air balloon on a cold day.
  中国的经济就像冬天里的热气球一样上升。
• There were full of wind or full of hot air.
  那儿充满了风和热空气。
• For now, we have hot air not what you want when the topic for debate is CO2 emissions.
  目前，我们听到的是满嘴大话（hotair）若辩论的主题是二氧化碳排放，这可不是我们想要的。
• This is a Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon Book.
  这是一种好奇的乔治和热气球的书。
• He blew a lot of hot air about health and nutrition.
  他夸夸其谈地说了好多关于健康和营养的事。
• Or maybe you're full of hot air.
  也许你被空气充慢了。
• Hot air balloons have burners to keep the air hot.
  热气球利用装着的燃烧器保持球内气体的热度。
• A hot air balloon, shaped and sized to resemble the Space Shuttle, drifts over Ottawa.
  一个外形和尺寸十分像太空飞船的热气球漂浮在渥太华上空。