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prattle

/prat-l/US // ˈpræt l //UK // (ˈprætəl) //

唠叨,唠唠叨叨,喋喋不休,絮絮叨叨

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prat·tled, prat·tling.

    • : to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prat·tled, prat·tling.

    • : to utter by chattering or babbling.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of prattling.
    • : chatter; babble: the prattle of children.
    • : a babbling sound: the prattle of water rushing over stones.

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Examples

  • The average prattle bout lasted about 7 minutes, with the longest being 43.

  • Then, since the Battleground states are something about which the Talking Heads like to prattle.

  • But parenthood, as Thyrsis found, meant more than charming baby-prattle and the counting of teeth.

  • Thus did Captain Glover prattle in his cheerful way while the party made its preparations for the night.

  • She paid as little heed to my words as a nurse to the prattle of a child.

  • Then, with true wifely instinct she sought to cheer him up with pleasing prattle of a new bonnet he had promised her.

  • Rimac is the present participle of rimay, to speak, to prattle.