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piffle

/pif-uhl/US // ˈpɪf əl //UK // (ˈpɪfəl) informal //

胡说八道,胡扯,废话,胡扯八道

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pif·fled, pif·fling.

    • : to talk nonsense.

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Examples

  • Despite the best efforts of the Gowers family, the towers of piffle have continued to climb ever higher.

  • Of course, the book market suffers from being saturated by piffle and filth, but has this not always been the case?

  • "I don't know anything about that sort of piffle," said his guest, severely.

  • Piffle called him a parrot; he returned the compliment by calling Piffle “the hundred-weight of bricks.”

  • Potty, Pipes, and Piffle were very real to me, and lived like actual people in that dim garret.

  • She stared at this a long time, then she dipped a new pen in red ink and full across it she wrote "What rotten piffle!"

  • He became more witty, more masterful, while the repartee of his adversaries sank to wretched piffle.