| 词汇 | prattling |
| 释义 | prattling present participle ofprattle 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 chirp come out coo prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic throw your voiceidiom trash turn of phrase witter Related wordprattler Examples of prattlingprattling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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. 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 It is no good prattling on about whether it is binding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good prattling about new signalling systems or little bits of electrification here and there. 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 Socialists should remember in their prattling and wittering that, for the young service man and woman of today, the fundamental character of war will remain unchanged. 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 Europe is fond of prattling about democracy. 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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