English Dictionary

nonsense

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɑnsɛns/

動詞

自動詞

To make nonsense of; / To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny. / (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time

日本語の意味

（他のものを）無意味だと扱い、軽視する、価値を下げる / （自動詞として）ふざけて時間を潰す、遊んでいる

The lawyer tried to nonsense the witness's testimony with irrelevant questions.

弁護士は無関係な質問で証人の証言を無意味にしようとした。

意味（1）

To make nonsense of;

At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.

意味（2）

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To joke around, to waste time

When he meant go and get one he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about liking to get one.

nonsenses （ present singular third-person ）

nonsensing （ participle present ）

nonsensed （ participle past ）

nonsensed （ past ）