| 词汇 | twaddle |
| 释义 | twaddle noun[ U ] UKinformaluk /ˈtwɒd.əl/ us /ˈtwɑː.dəl/ speech or writing that is silly or not true: 无聊话，废话 She dismissed the findings as utter twaddle/a load of old twaddle.她认为这些研究结果只不过是一堆废话，根本不予理睬。 Synonyms baloney(NONSENSE)mainly USinformal codswallopUKslang garbage nonsense toshold-fashionedinformal 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 prattle rhubarb Examples of twaddletwaddle How did the precious coin of the sovereign become the twaddle of misguided preachers? Twaddle's introduction is really a set of ' remarks ', a mix of observations and small and common-sensical conclusions. Then we twiddle and, more often than not, all we get is twaddle or, to be more precise, nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand how a man can get up and talk such silly senseless twaddle on such a serious question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no longer any twaddle about the stop list, scheduling, descheduling and rescheduling—the stop and go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never heard so much twaddle in my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not dealing with sentimental twaddle but dealing with the level of wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tell that to your pal at your side—all that twaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never heard such unadulterated twaddle and rubbish in my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that paragraph to be a beautiful example of ineffable twaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have listened this morning to some of the most arrant twaddle possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not have a conference of these men and cut out all this political twaddle? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this talk about building operatives' wages causing the cost of houses to go up is twaddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do we have all this twaddle about the same ideals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He certainly did not go in for bipartisanship, but we heard a great deal of twaddle. 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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