Prattle



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 闲聊, 空谈
• ［英］ v. 闲聊, 空谈 ( to say in an unaffected or childish manner)
• ［例］ The girls prattled on about their clothes.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (prattled; prattling)

• Etymology: Low German pratelen; akin to Middle Dutch praten to prate
• Date: 1532
• intransitive verb
  • 1. prate
  • 2. to utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children ; babble
• transitive verb
  • to say in an unaffected or childish manner
• ? prattler noun
• ? prattlingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1555
• 1. trifling or empty talk
• 2. a sound that is meaningless, repetitive, and suggestive of the chatter of children

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