| 词汇 | prattle |
| 释义 | prattle verb[ I ] uk /ˈpræt.əl/ us /ˈpræt̬.əl/ to talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important: 闲扯，胡扯 She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if I'd let her.如果我任她讲下去的话，她可以就她的新工作唠叨一下午。 Stop your prattling and go to sleep!你们别闲扯了，睡觉去吧！ Synonyms blabberinformal chatter prateold-fashioned Compare gabbleverbmainly UK gibbermainly disapproving 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 Related wordprattler prattle noun[ U ] uk /ˈpræt.əl/ us /ˈpræt̬.əl/ a lot of silly talk about things that are not important: His speech contained nothing new and was full of political prattle and clichés. I shouldn't waste your precious time with my endless prattle. Synonym chatter Compare gabblenoun Don't interrupt me with your childish prattle. Some of what they're saying is just mindless prattle. The spectators were subjected to a stream of non-stop prattle over the public-address system. Nonsense a crock (of shit)idiom babble balderdash balls baloney blah blather blither double-talk doublespeak drivel eyewash flapdoodle malarkey moonshine mumbo jumbo nonsense nonsensical rhubarb word salad Examples of prattleprattle Anyone can prattle nonsense, and they'll always be able to find people to believe it, especially if they can dress it up in superstitious flummery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. How she must prattle by this time! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The emphasis on the diminutive and the innocent happiness of the child highlight the failure of innocence; "pretty little prattling innocence" succumbs to cruel villainy. Whatever else you do, please avoid musicianly prattle about your favourite brand of guitar strings. The vibraphone resumes its jolly prattle until, seemingly having run out of things to say, the music just stops dead. We no longer hear any prattling about competitive private enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He needs to be in a country for only three days to be prattling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Have we got them rationalised, or are we just prattling along in the same old middle-class conventional attitudes to crime? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather be grappling than prattling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If information is received from an innocently prattling 4 year-old which leads to the parents being evicted, the parents inevitably will feel resentment and the child will inevitably feel guilt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although they prattle about the need for exports, they are by this measure damaging firms that are doing their best to achieve them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt those items will be added to with trivia, prattle and crumbs of hope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who prattle on about the north-south divide amuse me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One gets the feeling that this is not the time for the prattle of third-rate politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will still be able to visit houses and prattle on with their sales jargon, but leaving out the disabled. 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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