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

• Your prattle begins to annoy me.
  我开始对你的天真感到厌烦了；
• They will not climb my knee, nor prattle in my ear, nor answer to my smile; but stand apart, and eye me strangely.
  他们不会爬上我的膝头，不肯和我说悄悄话，也不愿回报我的微笑，而只是远远地站着，奇怪地打量着我。
• Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
  跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
• But when someone does call, look at it as a great opportunity to create fanatically devoted customer, one who will prattle on and on about what a great job you did.
  不过当某人真的打电话来，要把它视为一个建立狂热忠诚客户的绝佳机会，让这个客户到处宣传你们做得有多麽好。
• His speech contained nothing new and was full of political prattle and cliches.
  他的讲话里没有什么新内容，只是政治上的胡扯和陈词滥调。
• 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。
• 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。
• Flowing water and green grass witness your lover's endless prattle.
  流水缠绕，小草依依，都是你诉不尽的情话。
• Just be sure not to prattle on.
  就是别让自己把话说半截。