prattle

英 [ˈprætl]

美 [ˈprætl]

v.  闲扯; 唠叨
n.  闲扯，东拉西扯，（小孩般）咿咿呀呀的话

现在分词：prattling　过去式：prattled　过去分词：prattled　第三人称单数：prattles　

BNC.25595 / COCA.28050

牛津词典

verb

• 闲扯；唠叨
  to talk a lot about unimportant things
  1. She prattled on about her children all evening.
     她整个晚上没完没了地唠叨她的孩子们的事。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲扯；空谈；喋喋不休
  If you say that someoneprattles on aboutsomething, you are criticizing them because they are talking a great deal without saying anything important.
  1. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream...
     卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
  2. She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway...
     她开车上公路时一直说个没完。
  3. Archie, shut up. You're prattling.
     阿奇，闭嘴！净废话。
  4. Prattleis also a noun.
     
  5. What a bore it was to listen to the woman's prattle!
     听那个女人唠叨真烦人！

英英释义

noun

• idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
  Synonym:prateidle talkbletherchin music

verb

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  Synonym:chatterpifflepalaverpratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

双语例句

• By night it will sing, and by day Cosette will prattle.
  晚上它来歌唱，白天有珂赛特的语声。
• Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
  跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
• Now it is not the right time for Chinese to prattle about postmodern, for in the course of modernity, China still remains a distance with the Western countries.
  中国现在还不是侈谈“后现代”的时候，在现代性的进程上，无疑我们与西方社会之间存在一个时间差。
• Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
  卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
• I endeavoured to stop her thoughtless tongue. Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
  我想止住她那毫不思索的饶舌。跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
• That is why I prattle and chatter lightly and hide my heart behind words.
  因此我轻松地说东道西，把我的心藏在语言的后面。
• The prattle of the little ones and their pleasure in the stories I told them of elf and gnome, of hero and wily bear, are pleasant things to remember.
  我为他们讲述精灵和土地神、英雄和狡猾的黑熊的故事，同这些小孩子们谈天说地，感受着他们的快乐，这对我的确是一种令人愉快的回忆。
• He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
  与永恒的事物作斗争的人是活不长的，他从战场和可怕的斗争中回来后，他的孩子也不会在他的膝下承欢。
• We prattle about scientific discoveries, but we have made scant use of them for our benefit.
  科学的新发现我们谈了不少，但怎样利用它们为我们服务却做得很不够。
• He passed hours in watching her dressing and undressing her doll, and in listening to her prattle.
  他经常一连几个钟头看她替她那娃娃穿衣脱衣，听着她叽叽喳喳地说东说西。