English Dictionary

nonsense

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɑnsɛns/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. / An untrue statement.

日本語の意味

文章や会話において意味もなく、規則性やパターンが見られない文字や単語。 / 真実ではない、事実と反する発言。

When she read the note, she realized it contained only nonsense.

彼女がそのメモを読んだとき、それがただ意味のない言葉しか含んでいないと気づいた。

意味（1）

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

意味（2）

An untrue statement.

He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.

意味（3）

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

意味（4）

Something foolish.

and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.

意味（5）

(literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

意味（6）

(biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

nonsenses （ plural ）