| 词汇 | blather |
| 释义 | blather verb[ I ] informaluk /ˈblæð.ər/ us /ˈblæð.ɚ/(UK alsoblether) to talk for a long time in a silly or annoying way: 喋喋不休地胡说;唠叨 What on earth are you blathering on about?你究竟在胡说些什么？ Stop blathering, woman!你这个女人，别再唠唠叨叨了！ Synonym babble Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spit something out spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle turn of phrase undertone wax witter blather noun[ U ] informaluk /ˈblæð.ər/ us /ˈblæð.ɚ/(UK alsoblether) silly or annoying talk that continues for a long time: Life gets more hectic and demanding, and there are times when we need pointless blather. Your endless blather is so predictable. Synonym babble It's really irritating to have to scroll through a load of blather before you get to the real point. This is perfectly coherent blather, but blather none the less. That was just routine political blather. Nonsense a crock (of shit)idiom babble balderdash balls baloney blah blither double-talk doublespeak drivel eyewash flapdoodle malarkey moonshine mumbo jumbo nonsense nonsensical prattle rhubarb word salad Examples of blatherblather His judgements, however, include such statements as 'the heights of inarticulacy', 'this blather', language studies 'hijacked by the descriptive linguists', and 'dreary gruel' (the output of those linguists). She blathers on like a clockwork parrot and some of us are getting pretty sick of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is to be more talk apparently—some of us would say more havers and blathering—but no action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They blather about what they intend to do for small businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that that sort of rhetorical blather does not meet the needs of the case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all blather; it is all rhetoric. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So he went blathering on and on about the statistics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wheel was in half and things blathered in debris. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is why he blathered something about the companies being re-formed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has let down this country's dairy farmers, and he should not hide it with blather about a lot of little schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He complained to the hospital trust, but got the usual big organisation blather saying that most people liked it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who continue to blather on about how marvellous the system was are misleading the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When people blather on about leaving it to others and about becoming neutral, they should remember that neutrality must be defended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not be lectured about blather by an expert on the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a lot of blather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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