twaddle
发音
英 [ˈtwɒdl]
美 [ˈtwɑdl]
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- n.
- <非正>废话，蠢话，无聊话
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- vi.
- 说废话
单词词源
twaddle 废话，蠢话
可能改写自 twattle,闲聊，瞎扯，拟声词。比较 prattle,rattle,tattle.
双语例句
- 1. It may be because they haven 't worked out what exactly they want to say and talking twaddle masks this .
- 可能是因为他们还没想好到底要说什么，所以说些废话来掩盖这一点。
- 2. This is all hopeless twaddle that I am saying about her .
- 我这样说她，那是全无希望的拙劣废话。
- 3. If you ply your audience with caffeine they are 35 per cent more likely to agree with you , so long as what you are saying isn 't total twaddle .
- 如果你不断地让你的听众喝咖啡，他们赞同你的几率可能会增加35%只要你说的不全是废话就好。
- 4. President theodore roosevelt allegedly finished up to three books a day , advising his son : " the wise thing to do is simply to skip the bosh and twaddle and vulgarity and untruth , and get the benefit out of the rest . "
- 据称，西奥多罗斯福总统（theodoreroosevelt）曾一天内看完三本书，他如此建议他的儿子：“明智之举便是略过瞎编胡扯、废话妄言、粗言烂语和空话谎言，而从其余部分汲取有用之物，仅此而已。”
- 5. You believe in your own twaddle .
- 你相信你自己的无稽之谈。