| 词汇 | wittering |
| 释义 | wittering present participle ofwitter witter verb[ I ] UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈwɪt.ər/ us /ˈwɪt̬.ɚ/ to talk for a long time about things that are not important: 闲聊 He'd been wittering on about his neighbours for half the morning.半个上午他都在喋喋不休地讲他的邻居们。 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 Examples of witteringwittering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It was still wittering on about three miles, which was the safe distance at which one could blow up a ship in 1620. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some have even turned into spineless jellies, wittering on about dropping this new approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Don't come wittering to me about not having enough money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he started wittering on about the wildlife involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of wittering on, should not we be coming out altogether? 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 Wittering has been injured and can no longer continue in the game. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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