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tittle-tattle

/tit-l-tat-l/US // ˈtɪt lˌtæt l //

絮絮叨叨,絮语,絮叨,扯淡

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : gossip or foolish chatter.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tit·tle-tat·tled, tit·tle-tat·tling.

    • : to gossip or chatter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgossip

Examples

  • Mustique is famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.

  • The story is just “tittle-tattle” and it will all “blow over,” he told the BBC.

  • Mustique is also famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.

  • The ideal is not a thing to be clutched at, or taken by force, but all of the conditions—every tittle—must be fulfilled.

  • It is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.

  • You recollect that you promised to obtain something—a little tittle-tattle—concerning a lady.

  • I don't think my creed contains a jot or tittle beyond this.

  • Cermigniani and Melillo were listening to the brilliant tittle-tattle of Bencini, with his cackling speech and his dry laugh.