irish bull中文什么意思

自相矛盾的说法。

• irish:    adj. 爱尔兰的；爱尔兰人的；爱尔 ...
• bull:    n. 滑稽的矛盾，可笑的错误。
• bull:    n. 1.公牛；雄象，雄鲸；雄性大动 ...

例句与用法

1. " it was hereditary in his family to have no children " is a well known irish bull
   “没有后嗣是他家族的遗传”这句话是众所周知的自相矛盾的笑话。
2. Irish by name and irish by nature , says mr stephen , and he sent the ale purling about . an irish bull in an english chinashop
   “名称与产地均为爱尔兰， ”斯蒂芬先生曰，并依次为众人斟浓啤酒，一如闯入英国瓷器店中之一头爱尔兰公牛。

百科释义

An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author.