twaddle
英 ['tw?d(?)l]
美['twɑdl]
- n. 廢話，閑聊
- vi. 講廢話
- n. (Twaddle)人名；(英)特沃德爾
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
twaddle 廢話，蠢話
可能改寫自 twattle,閑聊，瞎扯，擬聲詞。比較 prattle,rattle,tattle.
英文詞源
- twaddle (n.)
- "silly talk, prosy nonsense," 1782, probably from twattle (1550s), of obscure origin.
雙語例句
- 1. For such views or criticisms, which are not based on thorough investigation, are nothing but ignorant twaddle.
- 因?yàn)檫@種議論或批評(píng), 沒有經(jīng)過周密調(diào)查, 不過是無知妄說.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Don't try to palm off that twaddle about the Cause to me.
- 請(qǐng)不要拿出什么主義之類的廢話來跟我胡聊了.
來自飄（部分）
- 3. This is all hopeless twaddle that I am saying about her.
- 我這樣說她,那是全無希望的拙劣廢話.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Much of this is total twaddle, especially for football and banking.
- 這些說法大多數(shù)完全是瞎扯, 尤其是對(duì)于足球和銀行業(yè)而言.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. They won't waste it listening to the interviewees'twaddle.
- 他們不會(huì)把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在應(yīng)聘人的閑談上.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)