prattle
英 [ˈprætl]
美 [ˈprætl]
v. 闲扯; 唠叨
n. 闲扯,东拉西扯,(小孩般)咿咿呀呀的话
现在分词:prattling 过去式:prattled 过去分词:prattled 第三人称单数:prattles
BNC.25595 / COCA.28050
牛津词典
verb
- 闲扯;唠叨
to talk a lot about unimportant things- She prattled on about her children all evening.
她整个晚上没完没了地唠叨她的孩子们的事。
- She prattled on about her children all evening.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 闲扯;空谈;喋喋不休
If you say that someoneprattles on aboutsomething, you are criticizing them because they are talking a great deal without saying anything important.- Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream...
卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完,后来我烦得都想尖叫了。 - She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway...
她开车上公路时一直说个没完。 - Archie, shut up. You're prattling.
阿奇,闭嘴!净废话。 - Prattleis also a noun.
- What a bore it was to listen to the woman's prattle!
听那个女人唠叨真烦人!
- Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream...
英英释义
noun
- idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
verb
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
双语例句
- We prattle about scientific discoveries, but we have made scant use of them for our benefit.
科学的新发现我们谈了不少,但怎样利用它们为我们服务却做得很不够。 - Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
跟女的少那么饶舌,他训了自己一句。 - She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway
她开车上公路时一直说个没完。 - That is why I prattle and chatter lightly and hide my heart behind words.
因此我轻松地说东道西,把我的心藏在语言的后面。 - The prattle of the little ones and their pleasure in the stories I told them of elf and gnome, of hero and wily bear, are pleasant things to remember.
我为他们讲述精灵和土地神、英雄和狡猾的黑熊的故事,同这些小孩子们谈天说地,感受着他们的快乐,这对我的确是一种令人愉快的回忆。 - Just be sure not to prattle on.
就是别让自己把话说半截。 - They will not climb my knee, nor prattle in my ear, nor answer to my smile; but stand apart, and eye me strangely.
他们不会爬上我的膝头,不肯和我说悄悄话,也不愿回报我的微笑,而只是远远地站着,奇怪地打量着我。 - But when someone does call, look at it as a great opportunity to create fanatically devoted customer, one who will prattle on and on about what a great job you did.
不过当某人真的打电话来,要把它视为一个建立狂热忠诚客户的绝佳机会,让这个客户到处宣传你们做得有多麽好。 - Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完,后来我烦得都想尖叫了。 - Your prattle begins to annoy me.
我开始对你的天真感到厌烦了;