blather

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈblæðə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Foolish or nonsensical talk. derogatory,uncountable
    — That is the worst of being in an Irish regiment, nothing can be done widout ever so much blather;
  2. Obsolete form of bladder. alt-of,obsolete
    — 1596, Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Francis Drake His Honorable Lifes Commendation, and His Tragicall Deathes Lamentation, Oxford: Joseph Barnes, […] on Vlisses Circe did bestowe A blather, where the windes imboweld were,
动词 v.
  1. To talk rapidly without making much sense. derogatory,intransitive
    — “There you go blatherin’,” said Brindle, intending a mild rebuke.
  2. To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way. derogatory,transitive
    — Then, just before the wedding, the old man feels he’s honor bound to tell his future son-in-law the secret of his past; so the damned idiot blathers the whole story of his killing the man and breaking jail!

词形变化

blathers present,singular,third-person blathering participle,present blathered participle,past blathered past blether alternative blether alternative blathers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blatherer blatherskate blatherskite blathersome blatherstorm blathery

词源

From Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). Cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddle”).
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